Take the troops that captured Patavium and have them lay siege on Salona

or Segestica, depending on how fast the Brutii and you moved. Most of the
time, you're stuck with just taking over Segestica. The new army you were
churning out in Arretium and Ariminum is ready for battle. Take them out
(make sure you have a unit or two of peasants left for public order) and have
them take Mediolanium, west of Patavium. If reinforcements come use
diplomats to bribe them off. Now develop Mediolanium. The above is the
basic way to gain dominance. You have a jump into the Gauls territory and
the Greeks/Macedonians territory. If The Senate told you take over things in
a different order, don't sweat it and do it. Once you have those territories,
ship some troops off to Caralis and take it over. Usually, The Senate will tell
you to take it over anyway. Afterward taking it, destroy any shrines, build
your own, and do the economic stuff. Leave after you have a garrison of two
peasants and ship the army over to Sicily only if Scipii hasn't taken over any
provinces there. When I played, they hadn't taken over Lilybaeum so I
captured it. Do the same stuff as you did in Caralis and ship your men home.
Meanwhile, you should be making calvary, missile units, and infantry. Take,
I'd say four units of calvary, missile, and two of infantry, depending on how
good you were before, to Segestica along with a young general. Your faction
leader will be on his last leg, so trade retinue with the new general and leave
him in Segestica with two peasants. With this force, head west and take all of
Macedonia - Bylazora, Thessalonica, Larissa, and any other non-Brutii
province around there. Then take the Greek settlements Corinth and Sparta.
Bring a skilled diplomat for bribing big armies, or you won't make it that far.
A full army should be able to take all those provinces over. These provinces
will bring you the big bucks, so bring them up economically. Now, while you
are on the Macedonian/Greek campaign, your general that took over Carals
and Lilybaeum (hopefully) should be back. Give him, also, a few units of
calvary, archers, and infantry. When he's at a good sized army, have him
head west into Gaul land. Take over Massila, Narbo Martius, Lemonum, and
any other Gaul settlement. Make two units of peasants and build a public
order shrine. Queue all the economic stuff and move your city to another
Gaul province. As always, BRING A DIPLOMAT to bribe the big, huge,
humungous Gaul armies. Have that diplomat also become allies with the
Spanish. After you have the Gauls, Greeks, and Macedonians, it will be about
time for the civil war. Always, always, always churn out troops every turn for
this! Keep a diplomat near the border to Rome. When the civil war DOES
happen, bribe the big Roman army that's always at the side of Rome. You
should have a TON of money by now if you did all the economical stuff for
every city and put the taxes at high to very high for the Gaul ones. Once
you've bribed the army, combine all of the newly churned out units and take
Rome! This will be a very fun battle, indeed. After that, head down Italy and
take all the provinces away from the Brutii and Scipii. This will be easier if
you have Lilybaeum, because you can have one army head down and one
march up. As always, use diplomats if you see a full flag army. In addition to
this, wipe out any other Brutii territories that are near Segestica or
Macedonia. The Roman factions become a huge pain if you let them evolve.
With the Gaul territory, all of Italy, Greece, and Macedonia, you should have
enough money for total world dominance. Especially when you consider
you'll have superior troops with the Marius Reform. At this point in the game,
you can conquer anything you like. Just go for what you think would be the
most enjoyable. ;)