Hi,

I had the idea of a slightly different style of playing a Roman faction in RTW vanilla. Example:

I´ll start as Julii, but instead of the usual expansionist strategy, I only occupy those few gallic provinces in northern Italy and southern France. After that I restrict myself to upgrading the settlements as far as possible and keeping my borders clear of invaders, even if the senate demands me to attack somewhere else. My goal would be to keep a small but very efficient empire.

In the meantime, the Brutii should have conquered most of eastern europe or hopefully even beyond that. The idea is that they will reach a level of powerthat makes them challenge the senate. (I hope this can happen indeed and that there are no restrictions in the game which prevent this to happen).

I imagine it would be quite interesting, to fight as an underdog (and heroic defender of Rome instead of being the bad guy) in the Roman civil war instead of being the superior faction from the begining.

Any comments are welcome!

Bastard Operator