Quote Originally Posted by anubis88 View Post
well i'm making about 1000 a month... It's just i must have huge land forces... They COST a lot of money.... i had much more money 10 years earlier... But then all of my good governors died one by one, now i have newbies who don't have a clue about economy...

My very own financial crisis
What i do to combat huge military costs is to make forts at key locations and stock them with 1 hoplite mercenary/unit and and archer (cretan ). This way when the AI comes knocking at my doorstep I have at least 1 year of before the fort is taken to build up units for the invasion. Not to mention they sallies and the fact a hoplite in a doorway is enough to beat up a good sized enemy.

With my territories safe I usually have 1-2 full stacks and thats it. I try not to maintain a huge navy also. In my current Romanii campaing its 249BC with the Punic wars just begun and I have 162000+ mnai, not to mention the 50+k I recieve a turn.