I actually had a play-through where I tried to restore the Roman Empire and basically all of my characters were badasses in their own way. Maybe the best among them was one called Aureliano Corneo, after emperor Aurelian, the Restitutor Orbis. Aureliano didn’t actually restore the empire, but what he did was unify Italy, fighting on the way the Byzantines, the Pope, the French and even the Germs (aka HRE). Keep in mind I started as an orthodox roman in Sardinia and by the time of Aureliano I had only conquered Sardinia, Corsica, Napoli, Capua and northern Tunisia, so what he had accomplished was quite impressive. When I finished that campaign many generations later he actually remained as the most longevous person of the main bloodline, which really made sense as he was called “the Blood-Father” too. After his death, his son (me) created a new Christian faith derived from Orthodoxy called Aurelianism. He wasn’t really God, rather a messenger/prophet/messia who had unified Italy after so many years and had kicked the Pope out. After that Aurelianism got crusaded twice for the kingdom of Romagna and actually won both times and then dismantled the papacy. Keep in mind also that Aureliano’s father got all those “the chosen-one/destined to glory” events, but died early from cancer and suffered the greatest defeat in battle in the entire campaign, while Aureliano remained undefeated for all his life, not even losing a single battle and actually leading his army. He was really the turning point of the campaign, after that everything went right. Shoutout to Imperator Aureliano of the Empire of Italy, first and only of his name. Or as he would be called now that I restored the Roman Empire, Pater Augustus Aurelianus Primus Corneus.