Well, my expansion in Carthage continues, though a bit slowly as I wait for Reinforcements.
My 0 star general that hated Carthaginians is now a 4 star general, that also gets an addition +1 against Numidian and Carthaginian troops. So given the area he's in...he's a 5 star general, and frequently a 6 (since he loathes carthaginians already). I had to load up a hotfix for siege towers....as the guys in the bottom would do a dance and all in all my siege defenses rather boring.
After weathering a plague in Rome, I sent out a young general with loads of fully upgraded legionaries. Their goal is to take out the Iberians. Turns out they had a feeling something was amiss, as they tried sieging one of my places. Fortunately my full stack of legionaries (with the general and a single unit of Roman Cavalry) were able to siege Orca the same turn. He tried counter attacking with a large stack but lost, so he had to pull of his siege to try (fruitlessly) to save Orca. I demolished both armies!
So with a net gain of about 2000 soldiers after the two huge fights, I think the Iberian Penninsula shouldn't be too hard to take.
I have also taken Denmark/Sweden (apparently they are just one province), and figured I'd take the rest of Scandinavia. A large stack inside the town there, but my siege has brought their 120 stacks down to 83, so that should make the numbers more in my favour.
I also took out a large force in Britannia Superior, and am sieging one of their towns. I see the adjacent one also has a mine (as well as a shipwright!), so it looks like it will be profitable as well. And I'm not going to need to build a big wall to protect myself from the Saxons either :D
The war against Macedonia goes well. I have pushed them into the Black Sea, and it looks like they only have a single province left. Turns out they had split Thrace in two, so I'm between two of their provinces now. I cancelled the alliance against them, and am hoping I can do some bribing in the area. The people of Macedon will soon be fully a part of the Roman Empire soon.
I also took a general and a full stack of legionaries onto Crete. The two cities there are Rebel from when the Greek Cities were killed. They have some large stacks, consisting of hoplites and peltastati. I besieged one of their towns, and expect a counter attack in the coming months.
I also found out that Elephants really are battering rams. During a siege from Carthage, it started running into the door and did damage. Fortunately it didn't survive the hot oil being splashed on it...but I was very confused to see that. Did not expect it at all.