Thanks for the help!
Now I can better figure out who is most likely to advance in office and put him in a town building ceres tempels to trigger the reform.

It takes alot more planning and roleplaying for Marius reform, I´ve noticed.
I think that before I get the cool legioneres, most other civilizations will be whiped out, too bad beacuse it would be interesting to take them on with a "true" roman force.

Ofcourse the option of capturing 90 settlements is possible, but somehow it feels wrong to have a mighty Roman empire gained and defended by barbarian mercs out of uniform.

-hmmm....well, I guess another restart with better tactics and understanding is comming up...again