Roleplay ideas for Military command and High-Office holders in Rome?

[bigmilt16]

I know that EB II plans to force Roman players to bring (and in some cases, keep) their high officials in Rome. I roleplay this already by keeping "Senators" and high ranking official in Rome. Anybody else do this?....

Also, while not necessarily realistic historically, I also use the office positions as junior and senior military positions throughout my empire...

I use the Tribunes as junior officers, directly commanding battles and overseeing legionary travel and logistics. The Praetors I use as provincial commanders, overseeing tribunes in their province and recruiting new troops for the local legions. The Consuls are essentially the "commander & chiefs" of my entire army. They almost never take part directly in a battle or the movements of maintenance of an individual legion, I use their traits to direct their supervision of their subordinate praetors and tribunes.

For example, if are 2 Tribunes is in charge of a 1-stack legions in Cispaline Gaul, their must be at least a praetor in the province to act as legionary commander. The praetor's traits would dictate the actions of his tribunes. The praetor would only take part in critical battles regarding events in the province, but his job is to keep the legions supplied in the region with money (by building local economy) and weapons (by resupplying troops). The Consul in Rome would oversee the praetors in the same way the praetors directly micromanage their tribunes. This creates a hierarchy of sorts where lowly trench commanders gets legitimate experience and high commanders get the prominence and distance from the gruff and dirty action experienced by tribunes. Moreover, this ensures that by the time that your tribune becomes of age to become a consul, he will have the hardened experience and traits to give authority and gravitas.

The other added benefit for roleplaying is that I cannot expand unless i have enough FM's to rule the province. This forces me to really take those first 20-30 years very slowly.

[keiskander]

I aswell keep my senators and consul in Roma and let tribunes lead armies in battles. I like to divide the familys apart to control diffrent parts of the empire. For example the so called ruling family only gets to lead the large armies and govern rich provinces while other less fortunate familys will share the less rich provinces with less armed forces. I let the family with the most successful family members usually with most senators rule the empire (well only italy and sicily so far :) )