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The other large realm is the Umayyad, but they are on the other side of the Mediterranean and someone else's problem. The Abbasid are your most powerful enemy, but they are not strong enough to cause serious damage unless they catch you in a civil war. The Byzantine begin the game in a good position, they are the first military world power and led by the capable Basil I. Crusades are pretty much the only way to conquer an entire kingdom from the Muslims. I took that decision because, in the late game, Defensive Pacts essentially limit you to one war per decade, forcing you to grab as much land as possible in a single war. I decided my second attempt would be a Catholic run. I would have been mad if this hadn't been a brilliant move from the AI's perspective. My first try from the 1066 start failed because my last-ditch effort to annex the HRE was thwarted by its dukes, who managed to turn the empire Elective when faced with the prospect of my son inheriting it. Defensive Pacts and Shattered Retreat are on, Women Status laws are available. The game was done in patch 2.6 with the following DLCs: Conclave, Legacy of Rome, Sword of Islam and The Old Gods. It can also be used for the more limited Pentarch/Legacy of Rome playthrough, and many of the notions apply to any world conquest or super-empire runs. The point is to show how to deal with the challenges posed by Defensive Pacts in an on-the-rails, no gimmick playthrough (this also means no vassal pope). It does not try to give the fastest way to get SPQR, otherwise we wouldn't be using Defensive Pacts at all. achievement with Defensive Pacts on, and gives detailed descriptions of the intermediate and advanced game concepts your success relies on. This guide describes how to get the S.P.Q.R.