In my farthest reaching Romani campaign, I got an Augustus around 215 BC. Yes, freaking incredible isn´t it.
I had gotten the Marians maybe 10 years earlier by taking 90 regions, or rather just taking all the VC´s. Anyway, my African Vetus(? the one with Carthage and the big cities) governor suddenly got the High Ambitions trait, I made him heir and the very next turn my faction leader died a natural death. Hooray! I have an Emperor! Augustus! Hail Imperator! Yaay!
I sailed him Roma and installed him a Augustus, I everything was great and everyone was really really happy. Then I began wondering about the Augustan reforms. Turns out, I´ve got about 95 years to go until I can get them! No!
And I´m not even sure if they will work, since my Augustus will be dead by then, and I don´t know what happens with the Augustan reforms if the Augustus at the time don´t have all the requirements needed.
Anyway, 95 years to find out? I´ve already taken evrything I want to take, and the only reason I´m not the only faction left on the map is the fact that I´ve let most factions be except when the attack me. 95 years when I´ve already accomplished everything I want to do is a very long time. 10 years later I have established lots of buffer kingdoms by taking provinces from the Sweboz and Seleukids and gifting them to the Casse and Baktria, thus only leaving me with the task of managing +90 regions and hunting down rebels for +90 regions.
So, just 85 years left. 370 turns. Argh!
Let´s face it, getting the Augustan reforms isn´t very hard, but it is so utterly boring and mindnumbing that very, very few people have ever done it.
Now the EB team might do new stuff in EB2 that will change everything, I don´t know. But as it is right now I will vote for the Augustan reforms to be removed for the inclusion of other, more sorely needed units.
My two ören.