Pointless playing Romani?

[QuintusSertorius]

Unless you start spamming Extrordianrii - which should be kept extraordinary -

the Roman units are solid good, but not high quality like the mass of elites the Greeks can recruite. The start of the campaign is easy with the Romans, but the game becomes much more challenging later on when the other factions are able to recuite their elites.

And if you're trying to take on some of the tougher factions before the Polybian reforms.