Best TW Experience in 22 years! Thanks a lot! Never played such an interesting campaign.

As the Italian League (best color!) I want to try to play as a strong ally for Rome and intrude upon their battles with my high tech cavalry and infantry. I don't even need to recruit ranged units as most cooler infantry has javelins! I'm thinking a solid centre-line of legionary spears, two sword legions at the sides or rear for maneuvers and assaults. 4 heavy cavalry, but instead of very-meh archers or those stick throwers I never liked, my ranged corps will be siege engines! What! Isn't that perfect? They have greater range and can force enemies to move on you, your cavalry can screen well enough if they have too many missile troops, and it's very late-roman to have a lot of war machines!
I also want to play the maritime pain in the neck. A few good ships can screen the entire peninsula from all those silly, expensive armies on dollar store transport ships. About that, I saw the harpax ships available in custom battles, but can I not recruit them in the campaign?

Awesome! A very interesting starting position for all 3 factions, Leauge, Bruttians and Samnites all city states in one province, vassals of Rome (I think). Kinda on the same side? It's a harsh, limiting situation and that makes it intriguing. It seems obligatory to eat the other two, but what a waste! Where is the fun in that? Making it work with my capital being a timeshare seaside bungalow is certainly a better, new challenge.

Huge, huge fan and admirer! Thank you!

I finally got it. I've been waiting for this for 3, no 4 thousand years