I remember reading somewhere that if you start from the prologue (ie... tutorial), that you could not proceed very far into the long campaign. Perhaps this has been fixed in subsequent patches, but its something to think about.
I never automanage the towns. I like being able to set the tax rate to whatever I want, even if there is no governor in the town. Also automanage will automatically retrain your garrison there even if you don't want it to. Why should my peasant garrison have gold upgrades? You will have to start a new campaign if you left this option unchecked in campaign setup screen.
I typically did the senate missions if it was....
1. Something I was going to do anyway
2. It is acheivable without too much headache, and in the number of turns alotted by the senate. Some missions are impossible.
I wouldn't lose any sleep over senate missions though. Your popularity with the people of rome is more important then the senate. You can raise that by gaining provinces and keeping taxes within reason.
Train at least 4 diplomats right away and send them to the 4 corners of the map, getting Trade Rights and Map Information from every single nation. Sometimes you can sell your own map info for a small profit.
Which roman faction are you playing?
Archers cause massive casualties to barbarians. (lack of armor). Find some archer mercanaries ASAP. Remember to keep them safe though, as they are a pain in the butt to find more or retrain them. Withdraw them from the battle if need be. By the time they reach 1 silver chevron they are super dangerous to your foes. But you need to keep them at or near full strength.
Triarii are good for basically one thing. Killing cavalry. If fighting infantry send either the Hastati or Pricipes in.
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