>speaks version of Latin as their main language, Elite still Wrote in the classical style
>founded by actual Romans in 421AD, not by a bunch of conquered peoples LARPing
>Oligarchic Republic, like the Romans would have approved, not a hereditary kingdom which the Romans universally reviled
>treats the Mediterranean like its own personal pond
>marches into Greece and humiliates the Greekoids, Titus Quinctius Flamininus and the Scipio brothers would have been proud
there is only one TRVE heir to Rome, and it's La Serenissima