Hello a little late but Ive played as the the Julii and brutii family(brutii on medium where i was winning too easily so i sort of stopped) and Julii on VH which recently has put me on the defensive and had to take a break to collect my wits) Now while playing as the julii i had the random luck to have the last surviving Carthage family member come near one of my cities just as the Scipii destroyed their empire. i engaged them (small force) and killed their family member. Carthage got destroyed so i play them now. One thing annoys me i just started on hard with them (still learning after being used to romans) and their forces are epicly weak. 3 units of town militia and javalin throwers against one battalion of hastati lose. even though i harass with javalins. surround on all sides and attack. I even had one battallion of peaseants to act as a buffer.