‘The Roman Republic describes the period in which the city-state of Rome existed as a republican government (from 509 B.C.E. to 27 B.C.E.), one of the earliest examples of representative democracy in the world’ – National Geographic.

‘Kings had been ruling in Rome for more than 200 years, ever since the city’s foundation, but Tarquin, the seventh in line, would also be the last. With his expulsion, the monarchy itself was overthrown, and, in its place, a free republic proclaimed’ – Tom Holland, Rubicon.

Technically, I have started writing this update before the end of season one (though I’ll be done by the time I publish), with about 5 games left in the Serie A season, but the end of our domestic season is so absolutely nailed on – with Champions League qualification secured – that I’m ready to start and discuss, and plan for season two. As I write however, we do have a European adventure ongoing (tune in later for discussion of Roman expansion across Europe). Right now we’re in the first stage of our development as a club, as we try to establish dominance over Italy. 🇮🇹

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Hello everyone and welcome back to The Tactical Annals! Those who follow me on the app formerly known as Twitter will know that about two months ago I started a save with Roma, and I’m absolutely loving it so far, with a club I’ve always loved going back to my childhood watching Italian football on Channel 4 🇮🇹. Back then, one of my absolute favourite teams were the Roma Scudetto winners of 2001 with Cafu, Totti and Batistuta, and even now in my 30s, I still remember that team, and their clinching of the Serie A against Parma. Ideally, through this save I’ll be able to recover Roma’s (isolated) glory days, and return the club back towards the top of Italian football. Personally, as much as I find Mourinho a guilty pleasure, I think he’s wildly underachieved with this Roma side, which has plenty of individual talent, and is certainly better than the ninth in the league the Special One had them.

What’s great to say is that I’ve really found myself becoming immersed within the world of this save, the system a d the team I’m building, and I’ve found Roma a legitimate challenge with their financial constraints, the first time I’ve really felt challenged by the game in a while. You can see how into the save I’ve become from this tweet that seemed to go everywhere.

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