City garrisons

Seleukidai Faction: In each Seleukeia, Antiocheia, Alexandreia, Pella and Bactra, I station two Hetairoi squadrons, four Hypastistai, four Argyrispidai (two Phalangites, two Thorakitai), four Pheraspidai and between two to four archers of Persian or Syrian stock.
Iranian dominions: Four Klerouchikon Phalangitai, four Nizag Gund battalions and four Persian archer companies.
Asia Minor provinces: Mostly four Hoplites units and two archers units of either Greek or Syrian stock. Spearmen levies in Galatia.
Levantine provinces: Phalangitai, Jewish militia and Syrian archers.
Egypt, Nubia and eastern Libya. Phalangitai, Jewish militia, Hoplites and Toxotoi.
Hellas, Macedonia, Thrakkia and Illyria: Hoplites and Toxotoi.
Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica: Hoplites, Samnites, Hastati, and Toxotoi.
North African conquests: Phalangitai, Hoplites, Jewish militia, Samnites and Toxotoi.
Indian conquests: Phalangitai and Hindu spears and bowmen.
Armenian conquests: Phalangitai and Scythian foot archers.
Asian Steppe conquests: Phalangitai and Persian Archers.
Arabian conquests: Phalangitai, Jewish militia, Nizag Gund and Payadag.

Qart-Hadast Faction.
Carthage and Thapsus: Four Sacred Band cavalry, four Sacred Band infantry and eight citizen militia.
African provinces: Poeni militia, and Libyan soldiers.
Sardinia and Corsica: Poeni militia and Punic-Libyan troops.
Sicily: Libyan troops, hoplites and toxotoi.
Rhegion, Italy: Libyan troops, Samnites and Toxotoi.
Iberian territories: Punic-Libyans, Iberi milites Caetrati and Lusattanon mercs.
Crete: Hoplites and Toxotoi.
Thermon, Hellas: Libyans, Hoplites and Toxotoi.
Massilia, Gaul: Punic-Libyans, Massilian hoplites and Toxotoi.

I must also say that as well as erect watchtowers to keep vigilant of bandit activity, I also muster and team up squadrons of light cavalry in all of my games to seek and eliminate rebel groups operating within my borders.

Two basic infantry + two slingers. That way I can take out rebels or scamble missile troops.

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Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus

Oh, and needless to say, my whole empire is a watchtower-park. I hate it when I can't see areas in my empire. For me, areas are only a part of my empire when I can see them.

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Amen,
I second that.

My garrisons consist of low tier infantry. I mass-produce them and stack the city, allowing me to raise the tax level. Now, when the city is full, I send most of them to a low-populated city and disband them here, safe an odd unit to keep the populace happy... or obedient.

Depends on which era. In the early days of the empire, I use a unit of slingers, local spearman, or mercenaries. Once the Marian and Imperial reforms occur, I use a unit of Auxilia spearmen and one of city militia. Italic peninsula cities get Evocatae except for Rome which has Praetorians. I build forts at chokepoints such as river crossings and mountain passes or at forest crossroads. Auxilia cavalry provide the garrisons for these forts so I can maintain fast moving quick strike capability. I also ensure that I build roads as soon as possible to improve troop movement. I further broke everything down into regions with individual "capitals" which house a named/numbered Legion. Believe it or not, they get quite a workout suppressing rebels.

I turn off rebel spawns completely (setting: 99999999999999999). I keep 10 unit armies fortified in each major region as a representitive anti-rebel force. I've fought so many repeditive, pointless and unchallenging battles against them that i cant play any other way anymore. It basically costs me the same as it would having spawns on, but I dont have to scan the map every turn and fight all the battles.

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Originally Posted by Dram

I turn off rebel spawns completely (setting: 99999999999999999). I keep 10 unit armies fortified in each major region as a representitive anti-rebel force. I've fought so many repeditive, pointless and unchallenging battles against them that i cant play any other way anymore. It basically costs me the same as it would having spawns on, but I dont have to scan the map every turn and fight all the battles.

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If you just leave them, the game won't spawn endless rebel stacks. Say you have 5 small rebellions in your empire, there won't be created new ones. If you wipe them out, the next turn a new army will be somewhere else. If you can manage to drive them off into the desert for example, it should be OK.

But won't the rebels devastate the square tile that they're occupying and thus reduce the tax income of the province...?
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Yes. I wouldn't leave a rebel army in Thessaly unharmed, you know, but Nabataea is a different case, of course.

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But won't the rebels devastate the square tile that they're occupying and thus reduce the tax income of the province...?

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Push them into neutral, or better yet enemy territory and let them worry about them. I also use rebels as border guards, but thats trickier to arrange.

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Oh, and needless to say, my whole empire is a watchtower-park. I hate it when I can't see areas in my empire. For me, areas are only a part of my empire when I can see them.

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Used to be the same, but I prefer mass spies now - faster to deploy and can "follow" interesting targets or be adjusted to ensure Im getting maximum range. Towers arent as good imo and because only generals can put them up so theyre slower to expand.

Can also be removed when not useful, and doesnt stop me bottlenecking passes with forts.

Well, I am new so Im asking this, how many max amount of soldiers are you allowed to have in an army?

Playing as Casse, 15 provinces. Don't tell the Sweboz, but there's not a single unit in Britian or Ireland, except for 600 men outside Camulosadae. Gaul on the other hand has one regional levies on border cities with response troops stationed within a season's march (unless its winter).

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Originally Posted by SesostrisVIII

Well, I am new so Im asking this, how many max amount of soldiers are you allowed to have in an army?

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Theoretically 4841 in 20 units.

Actually every unit can have 3 officers, I think I read it in the edu. Here it is

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; officer Name of officer model. There may be up to 0-3 officer lines per unit

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So that would make it 4861. Unless there is a disparity between EDU and hard code that I'm unaware of.

I think the third is always the Captain, and there is only one captain in one army. Of course, if an army is attacked, and is sorrounded by 8 friendly armies, you have 8 reinforcement armies, and so 9 captains. So 4849 would be the absolute maximum.