Quote Originally Posted by General_Sun
The weakness of the Romans is having to work with the Eagles. The Scipii talk of having to give up Messena, the Brutii will be denied conquests in the Balkans if they do conquer anything. Ridiculous in my opinion. The Scipii is strong enough to crush both the Greeks and the Carthiginians in Scily and the Brutii is more than strong enough to crush the Greeks in the Balkans underfoot.

Egypt will then be alone and helpless, easily picked off by anybody.

The main mistake of the Romans is siding with the Eagles, they are very much relatively weak and backward nations. Not to mention so spread out that they have no chance of assisting each other.
Checked the threads recently? Brutii will be keeping their Balkan conquests and Scipii are keeping Messanna, keep up.