Brutii faction is by far the easiest Team to play with out of the 3 Roman factions
I'm doing the long Campaign so far so good but it's a bitch later in the game. Macedonia is a roach to you early. They have many cities and are very strong. It took me awhile to get rid of them. Greece is has way less cities but, are very strong. When fighting Macedonia be sure to have more troops then they do! It's almost impossible to lose as long as you build the early Legions. Macedonia just mass produces pike men so your swords men will destroy them with ease! Don't worry about cavalierly early on because they will just get demolished by the pike men. I took out Greece first as they only had 4 cities I believe and then took out Macedonia. I did majority of the senate missions as well but some of them I did not such as attack several of Gaul's cities as I did not have the troops to do it and I was already fighting 2 other large factions head on. Disregard the senate unless what they tell you is totally achievable but if it spreads you thin don't bother. Once I took out both Greece and Macedon I took out Thrace. They were sort of a pain because they had solid troops and every time I took one of their cities they came back eventually I just over wehlemed them with men and finished them in no longer than 10 turns. I then took Scythia which was very easy to do. They are much Like the Gauls. Later in the game you will have much better troops and technology and should be able to crush the remaining barbarian factions. The Seleucid's were already taken out and Nubia was gone as well. SO I didn't have to deal with them. This leaves me with currently Egypt, Pontus, Parthia, Spain, Britania . All others have been wiped out by the other Roman factions. I am currently dealing with Egypt, Pontus and Parthia. Egypt is by far the hardest to take out late in the game We have been trading back and forth cities (On their front) They also build a nice Navy. So I had to counter. I've been attacking the northern part so now I took boats (with troops) and went straight to deeper Africa by alexandria instead of Thebese etc.So I'm hitting them from two fronts. I also have troops fighting with Parthia way over in Asia as they only have 1 city left which has been a bitch to take. Their heavy calvely are almost unbeatable. When fighting them be sure to double their troops (this is what I'm having troubles with as I'm in Africa, Europe, and Asia. I'm putting much more pressure on Britania now they only have 3 settlements left on the mainland then they have England which no one has explored or touched yet. They usually have 1 giant army that moves around so you can quickly sack their cities and fortify it. CREATE ARCHERS!!! that is key to destroy their chariots. I curently own 39 cities so we will see if I can take the 50 before the limit is up. Also you'll deal with rioting I've been having an huge issue with this because the capital was to far so I stack the cities with men. I'll keep ya'll updated.
