let a city rebel?

[Prussian to the Iron]

i agree but just as you finish off 1 nation the neighbouring AI has a habit of starting another war - most of my expansion is driven purely by self-defence to stop endless rounds of troops trying to peck away my empire. The romans where sending wave after wave through the alpes in the end i had to invade them by sea to take out their cities which provided them samite heavy infantry and moved up to join the rest of my empire

now that gaul has been taken the germanics are picking a fight - i'm temped to force a peace but in fairness they're right to attack me now before i get the chance to reinforce the area. the same can't said for what's left of cathage since i only let them live for the sake of a buffer

i generally leave building which still give my faction a bonus - but i noticed some of the high end temples in italy didn't give me any (presumably above the level the Luso can build) so i've got rid of those

some are client rulers think i have about 3-4 in italy in cities which i plan to use as production centres if i decide to expand to greece - i'll certainly consider the RP idea the only time i've 'cheated' is to force a peace on an enemy that was clearly beaten, moving populations around might be a step too far but i could certainly force a peace with what remains of cathage (it would be handy to have a thin buffer between me and the Ptolemaios)

incidentially i've gone ahead with the rebelling idea, it seems to work - the italian cites seem to spawn better troops compared to the former cathage cities. but nothing a decent stack can't handle. it's had freed up a stack of troops which i can use to take the 2 remaining netural cities in scilly (cathage has done very little in this campaign).

you didnt need 3 different posts:

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