Hahaha... I don't really care what you think, Farow and Jono. I'll continue to call new people "noobs" when they do stuff that I know is stupid. That's right, I said know.
The correct way to go about taking that island, is to spend those 4 ep on a navy, let Rome spend the money on the stupid island, then crush his navy and invade the stupid little piece of nothing. You will have grown your navy, crushed romes, and taken the island. Rome would be forced into a peace treaty, and you'd be a serious contender for power in the mediteranean.
By spending 4 ep on this little piece of nothing, you have only weakenned yourself. Now Rome gets to spend whatever he wants on navy, crush yours and invade that little piece of nothing if he wants. (Which I would defffinetly, if I were Rome.) You're all making threats to Rome, but you're so spent right now that he doesn't need to listen to them at all. No strength to back up the smack right now, is what I'm saying. Naval warfare durring this time can be extremely costly for the power who loses, and extremely beneficial to the one who wins.
I know this from first hand experience, gentlemen. First hand experience. Don't talk to me like I'm your "equal"