wow the Senate are under my Protectorate O_O

[The Stranger]

and protectorates can't break the alliance but they can choose another side (when you attack their ally) i thought

[Dutch_guy]

and protectorates can't break the alliance but they can choose another side (when you attack their ally) i thought

yeah you're right abvout that, it's really irritating though,
I mean they are you'rr SLAVES they don't have any say in the matter...

[AntiochusIII]

Yes, but provoking war in RTW is not that hard. You just need to either regularly send in "irritating" parties into their territories, and "weaken your immediate border with them. Better yet, place your annoying army on an important mountain pass within their control (and connects a part of their empire to another) like the Tarsus pass. They'll attack soon enough, and your protectorates will side with you, inevitably.

[Magraev]

This goes for pitting the roman factions against each other too???