Another update; the Brutii have absolutely demolished the Senate who had previously sent the Julii to Caralis. Mediolanium is still Gallic but the powerhouse that is Macedon has ejected the Brutii and Greeks and now control Sparta all the way up to the Danube and also Patavium!

Hit the reforms in 239BC and all my settlements are huge cities apart from Thapsus and Lilybaeum. I only control Thapsus and Carthage off sicily.

I have hit major problems! I cannot keep Carthage happy and also, more worryingly, Messana and Syracuse are intent on rebellion. If I let them revolt and retake them I will be cripppled with low populations and so impoverished from the lack of taxes. What to do?