So, I will start a new campaign with the Julia family, on hard, without mods (except an UI mod that does not interfere in the gameplay).
My character is Lucius Libo, a 41-years-old general, dictator of Rome.
The first priority of Rome under his leadership was to annihilate the Etruscans.
Meanwhile, through a diplomatic mission, Rome was able to take Karalis from Carthage.
When war with the Etruscans was over, Lucius decided to marry with the queen of the Dalmatae in order to create alliance that could be useful if future wars against the barbarian tribes in northern Italy
Then, after a successful military campaign led by Lucius Libo , Rome as able to annex the entire province of Cisalpina
Later, Rome got involved in a war against Epirus. The leader of the Papira family led an expedition to conquer Apollonia.
The expedition was a disaster. Epirus reinforced the garrison of Apollonia and the leader of the Papiria family was killed in battle. This event almost triggered a civil war. However, the diplomatic skills of Lucius avoided the conflict.
The war against Epirus ended few turns later when the Ardiaei conquered Apollonia.
The next move of Rome was to annex Sicily.
Few turns later, in 238 BC, Lucius Libo died of old age when he was in command of an army in north Italy.
He was succeeded by a young general named Marcus.
This is the political situation when Marcus came to power:
Now, who wants to play as Marcus?
Here is the save file for anyone interested:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/n5dyhv