They are moist, can smell fishy and work best when full of seamen....

[Taedius]

Thanks, seleucid empire, for that info, I wasn't aware of it.

I don't have pics at the ready, unfortunately. But we all know how a huge treasury can affect our FMs, and with factions such as the Romani, fleets are a good way of stalling that. In one campain, after having conquered all of Gallia and far into Germania, I kept a presence of two Quinquireme fleets in the Baltic seas. Just because i could. Another thing I've noted with that faction, and make sure to capitalize from, is that the March of Time gives access to Liburnes and Covered Liburnes. Now, the covered version has slightly better stats (at least on the unit card) than Triremes, but are somewhat cheaper. Of course, the Romani is rarely hard up for cash, but this can be a welcome fact when you must still focus on land forces.

Normally, given a good economy, I will organize fleets in twos, keeping it medium. I usually stick to the Trireme level. I let them fight any and all pirates that come in range, to build up experience. This usually does the job and then some, untill the AS goes all naval...