Guys- guys, I never said you should not play as you wish I merely pointed out that Swissbarbar's Romans are acting ahistorically chivalric towards the vanguished, and as most houserules are created to follow history as well as limit the player; that if you want to treat your vanguished enemies historically (not how you expand or wage war), they should often- very often be put to the sword. It is the historian in me that feels I have to point such inaccuracies out- especially as the guide to conduct becoming of a Roman in the AAR section is very wrong in this area, despite being an otherwise good guide.
There you go, have fun as you please, but think not that Romans were benevolent towards the vanguished, they were not and this statement of Quintus,is in direct contradiction of historical evidence. Romans were brutal!While the game doesn't really properly represent the reality of siege warfare - ie that if a settlement surrenders it is well treated, if it resists and is assaulted it will be sacked - there are some simple rules. Extermination is rare. Only two settlements were razed to the ground (and in the same year - 146BC), Kart-Hadast and Korinthos.
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