At the moment I have story characters, praetorians and centurions with approvals ranging from "Indifferent" up to "Loyal" for praetorians and centurions and up to "Unwavering" for story characters. So far I understood I can increase their approval by doing decisions that match their character traits or decrease the approval rating with decisions they don't agree on. Do the increases/decreases in story zones like the Temple of Apollon affect all praetorians or only the characters that I selected when ente...

Game description says you must "survive political intrigue" (may be paraphrased). How are politics handled? Do you participate? It's very hard to find a Roman political sim, and I know that's not what this game is, but I do wonder about the place of politics in this game....

I loved Vikings, but had some problems with them. Enjoyed tactical depth, disliked RNG. I do like difficult games from time to time (I love BattleBrother, for example) but eventually somehow couldnt find a way into the adventure... dunno... dont like missing all shots but being hit all the time ;-P. Is Rome the same thing, or is it bit more polished/balanced?...

I'm curious but usually don't want to mess up somewhere so I rarely try but: that even possible? I got the Caeso romance event super early in Egypt this time (literally the first random event I had on the map, before I could even rescue Cleo) but I can still flirt the hell out of Cleopatra. Does that have any... outcome?...

Ive seen in many comments that u can develop love in some partners...i see with cleopatra and calida but i have no idea what to do with them...