This is my first (Julii) campaign: so far I have taken Spain, Gaul and am about to remove the Brits (they have two provinces left in Germania - Great Britain is mine): however my popularity with the senate is starting to drop. (I am a few turns in from the Marius reforms - I find the historical information quite illuminating). The Scipii have Africa, the Brutii Macedonia/ Greek cities - which I suspect is doing very well with Mediterranean trade.

When the s**t hits the fan and the civil wars start would you go after the Blues or the Greens? I have a lot of ships plowing the Med, so can probably blockade one faction (when looking at fleets on the map they all seem to be one bireme at the moment - I did have problems with the Spanish, they had lots of ships).