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Not really. That area is just far too desolate from the rest of the planet. The pings to such a server would be far too high. There is a reason no one hosts there.
Even with the serve3r up, you would just be on there playing by yourself. There simply isn't the player base for Venice. You'll never even fill a single 64 player server. Damn shame too.
Software piracy is not supported here. Rome is meant to work with a legally owned version of the game. If you are wanting to pirate the game, go elsewhere.
Are you logged in with your EA account? Did you install it via the EA installer? All this info should have been stored in the registry files. Use the EA loader to update. It is much safer than using some third party crap that might contain a virus.