Confusion about the Rome faction.

[Chad29]

In the game, the first faction you see is Rome, House of cornelia, who has a disdain for latin culture, but affinity for hellenic culture. The starting settlements are mostly or completely Latin as far as religion goes, but apparently that causes disorder. The thing I wonder is, should I (or can I) start converting to Hellenic? Would that be better? Usually a faction starts with the belief that goes along with its local people, but it seems Rome is at odds with what's going on.

This seems to be a good faction, with +1 to food, and experienced foot soldiers. I'm just not sure if I should spend time converting my settlements or not.

[Chromium]

You can't "convert" your faction's culture! This is not Lithuania from Medieval2!

The Cornelii's Hellenic affinity will come in useful when you're conquering settlements in the Balkans & Asia Minor. You'd just have to deal with its shortcomings by managing your settlements properly.