Unwanted Marian Reforms! :(

[Tellos Athenaios]

Simple math really: >90 provinces in 70 years? That's roughly 50 years away from the real Marians, 50-100 years of city development you 'skipped'... You've been going way to fast.

Ironically the situation pre=Marian reforms was about exactly what has happened post-reforms to you: 'suddenly' (actually it had been a gradual development, but it hadn't hit as hard yet) Rome ran out of sufficient infantry man-power to wage it wars; accompanied by a rather large number of people who were practically incapbale of making a living due to the slaves employed in every major business. Massive social pressure + lack of men where it mattered most for the Romans meant reforms. Quite massive and far-reaching reforms.https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/editp...post&p=1935906