Pretty much down to the gold death atm myself as they control the eastern half of the map with fronts in North Africa and Greece/Dacia. Only Baktria has anything remotely resembling some territory left (grey is at 1 province.) Elite Phalanxes on hard = royal pita.
OT, I usually leave temples in place as is without worrying much about the bonuses save the Mars style temples which I always uproot.
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