How are you guys Romanizing conquered settlements?

[bigmilt16]

Though you might not trust them, to further roleplay that line of thought you can set those allied provinces to "autonomous" at least in terms of buildings (i.e., letting it choose what to build, not you). Letting it have control over troop building is more risky, but if you really want to roleplay it might be good to try that too. As long as they are type4 I mean of course.

Good stuff TA! That is sort of what I do. Once I take over a historic province (like Corsica/Sardinia) I make the province recruit at least a legion of all-local troops before I pull the Roman troops out. I also never let the region support its own navy.

I'm running into situation I never had to deal with before with these new type IV houserules:

It is 239 and I have clients in Illyria, Corsica/Sardinia (thank God I can raise locals there now), and Sicily. I'm on the verge of integrating Italy and fully Romanizing them. I ran into a situation where my allied ruler in Arminium developed some terrible traits late into his years, and started stealing money from the treasury to keep up his extravagant lifestyle....

This could not stand.

The Senate declared him an "imposter" (a trait I never saw before), and I destroyed his Type IV government. With his newfound shame, the city began to revolt the following season, with the puppet now stripped of his Roman protection. At the same time I sent a legion, led by two tribunes, to Arminium to take over and dispel the client. I expelled him from the settlement and forced him to a fort outside of the city, making way for a type I govt. and a true Roman to take over and see that the Senate is not swindled again.

[QuintusSertorius]

Ariminium was the sole exception on my type IV to begin with rule. I just went straight for a type I there.

The cost of client rulers doesn't bother me, when you're expanding slowly your economy is pretty solid. Indeed they're generally better than the wastrels and layabouts in your family. Not to mention the mewling incompetents your marriage-able women seem to dredge up from the depths.

[Ibrahim]

with me it's either II or III-nothing else, yet.