Originally Posted by
Fridericus Rex
It's true - The Spaniards are very strong in all the Rome Campaigns I played. They very quickly expand into northern Europe and steamroll everything.
I found one solution that works for me when playing as Rome:
1. Early on, capture Carthage, this gives you a good navy and stops their constant incursions on your islands.
2. Quickly, send a stack of legionaries to raid the Spanish Capital and all coastal towns (they are only slightly defended), kill the population and destroy all buildings, leave them to rebel. They will be set back a bit and the development of Western Europe will be quite different. At least you do not have to fight these massive Spanish stacks while expanding slowly.
Try it. Do not change the mod.