Quote Originally Posted by applebreath View Post
In terms of the game feature of becoming someones allies: Historically, did the senate make many allies with other factions? Where they mainly nuetrul with others, only becoming allies if they conquered someone or if they wanted a friend in an upcoming war?
The Senate was notoriously haughty and would often insist that their ally would treat them as a superior. Witness the behaviour of several Roman senators towards the Ptolemean kings. However, I doubt they had this attitude in 272 BC, because Rome was not a world power at this point. Also, they did form alliances with factions they had not defeated, like the Ptolemies. Many tribes were also, at one point or another, "friend of the Roman people".