Update on my current Julii campaign. I have been super agressive in this one, attacking Gaul with all but 2 family members left in the Home provinces, Arretium & Ariminum, one producing Infantry & Cav the other my Navy. It's the winter of 246 BC, Gaul is down to one city, Alesia. Over the last several years my Faction has been a baby making machine. 5 daughters and 4 sons, all born to the 2nd generation (children that have matured and married at the start of the game). I guess a lot of blood is good for the Roman libido. "Sorry babe, I'm just not in the mood till I slaughter a few thousand Gauls." I've been attacking with small armies (300-500 men), working in pairs. One is the bait, the other ambushes. I guess it's better to let the dice fly and really push than to be more cautious, at least in this campaign.