Quote Originally Posted by antisocialmunky
You should play the pope like a game an see how many consequetive pope-backs you can survive.
When you start looking for a new challenge you can try out ASM's suggestion. Put your best army and general in Rome and just wait for his massive army to return. Wash, rinse, and repeat. You'll get some fun big battles handed to you and some excellent high-valor troops, probably along with a general with some fantastic defense virtues (assuming you win each time of course). It's like a repeatable mini-version of waiting for the Mongols in Khazar.

Ajax