I am not an historian, but isn't it more intuitive to reconquer North Africa first rather than Italy after you have reconquered the Levant and Egypt? Or at least, grouping Italy with the former rather than the latter.
My rationale is that the Roman Empire ran through a similar course during Justinian's reconquest in the 6th century. The empire first reconquered North Africa in 533-534, then it gained a foothold in southern Italy (which we would have reconquered already in the Balkans and Sicily tier, simulating Basil II's campaign) and gradually captured the Italian peninsula.
Moreover, retaking northern Italy should be a big deal that basically says the empire is back to its apogee under Justinian; that means clashing with the Latins and potentially ending the schism.
So, I'm proposing that the reconquest of North Africa goes before the eventual bloody clash with HRE in the war for Italy. The Iberian peninsula could be on a tier of its own or lumped with Mauretania.
EDIT : I made a submod based on this idea.
My rationale is that the Roman Empire ran through a similar course during Justinian's reconquest in the 6th century. The empire first reconquered North Africa in 533-534, then it gained a foothold in southern Italy (which we would have reconquered already in the Balkans and Sicily tier, simulating Basil II's campaign) and gradually captured the Italian peninsula.
Moreover, retaking northern Italy should be a big deal that basically says the empire is back to its apogee under Justinian; that means clashing with the Latins and potentially ending the schism.
So, I'm proposing that the reconquest of North Africa goes before the eventual bloody clash with HRE in the war for Italy. The Iberian peninsula could be on a tier of its own or lumped with Mauretania.
EDIT : I made a submod based on this idea.
Small update as requested, a king tier reconquest CB for a military oriented, ambitious ruler of the restored Roman Empire. It will cost you 450 prestige now instead of 150 to declare war as well as scaled amount of gold, and it will count as a major victory should you succeed, or major loss should you lose.
Let me know if you folks have any other idea for the submod. I'm currently thinking of simulating ambitious generals of the Empire, being able to conquer vast tracts of land and financing their own campaign. This way, the player is encouraged to keep track and curb the power of these ambitious generals lest they back stab you. Too many ambitious generals will of course cause the decay of the Empire to fasten.
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