Note you can ALSO invest in businesses you already have to improve them! Once we get puppet states you can try to trade commodities! Ships! Once you get some you can explore and start sea trade with anyone! Or try to pirate our foes! If you have the ambition to do so you can fund private armed forces to take things over, just keep in mind that these may freak out the emperor.
Turn 1
(Make sure to subtract spent resources and add income each turn!)
Torir Family: Bronze Spear/Arrow Head Smithy 20T (Tibers Income per turn) The smithy is an excellent early business given the need to arm an expanding early army.
Decia Equus: Horse Ranch 10T + 5 Poor quality horses per turn. High profits on this venture considering the lack of quality Roman horses due to the need for any horses that can be had. Still as the first purveyor of horses you could try to form a chariot unit or entertain the Emperor with Chariot races so not bad at all!
Knavii Family: Grain Farm 10T Vineyard 5T. A grain farm is an excellent investment right now when land is available. The vineyard is gonna need continued investment to actually get rocking.
Aequus: Logging Camp 15T . Not bad but nothing special either, keep these in mind though if you get to certain areas they may get a lot better.
The Tullius Family: Stone Quarry(limestone) 10T Olive Plantation 5T.
Augustine Family: Copper Mine 10T. Not great but excellent expansion potential if northern Roma is conquered. IE. Later investments will improved this a solid amount.
The Aragii: Potters Guild 15T Not bad at all.
Imperial Movements
Numitor Seems to want a war with the Etruscans to the north. Any sort of “incident” might push him over the edge. Torir, Augustine, and Equus gain 1 imperial favor (IP) for starting industries that contribute to offensive warfare.
The Empire
The coffers remain high (Decided to abstract this for now)
Army is at 3 legions. 500 Auxiliary light horsemen (No stirrups yet boys!) Event: Due to some shortages +10T bonus to Knavii and Equus for food/horses.
Event: Rumors have it that the Eturuscans hold the secret for excellent pottery. Perhaps this knowledge could be captured and put to use improving a pottery industry.