Tips for playing as Romans?

[underthesun]

How's local recruitment in Hispania?

I ask because my new strategy is to take all of Italia proper, Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica, and Cisalpine Gaul, wait until I get the Polybian reforms ~242 BC, then either sail west to Hispania (not as easily reinforced, but valuable) or to Greece (a lot more fighting/dealing with phalanxes), but more easily reinforced, pretty valuable). Once I've secured those two, I'll rid myself of the Carthaginian menace and invade them properly.

So far it's ~263 BC and I'm getting ready to invade Sicily.

Or should I hold off on Sicily for now and go for Greece? That's another option.