Quote Originally Posted by KuKulzA
Roman connections
Make the CP Roma have some ties with Emporion and Messana. If I remember correctly, in the Punic Wars, the Poeni threat on the cities made Rome consider war. I don't know how valid this is.
Actually it was Arse/Saguntum that sparked off the Second Punic War. Emporion was an ally of Massilia, which itself was a long-standing ally of Rome.