ah but they got to get to your faction captial to try and shatter the relem by war score they will have to come to the meddertain to do that. way to far away from the mountains and steppes. they will have to fight on your turff where you can grind them down by attrition easier then they can do to you.

in the mountains and the steppes the usually are?
not at all

still it's a very good challenge for your late game to fight china :D

the mechanic with the event spawn troops is bs and scales without cap

sadnes but there is the DLC for ck2 the Jade dragon that allows you to interact with china off map etc you can use the invasion quasi belli on cina and for 75% of your levies you can wage war with china and fight there event spawn troops for conflicts and glory with it. :) trust me its worth it there is no way they can dismantle rome with that much map control in rome's favor. :D

no more map left to conquer

now wage war against china :D invade china :D

Mighty Roman war.

starting at 700 or something. what took most time, is colonizing the steppes

how long did it take you lol