Quote Originally Posted by Watchman View Post
Claiming monopoly on divinity =/= atheism, I daresay... but no, it's not going to win you too many friends among the polytheists whose entire pantheon you just snubbed.
It may not equal atheism, but remember, you're looking at it from a modern viewpoint - a viewpoint which is habituated to the idea that there is only one god. To the Romans, who believed in MANY gods, and were used to regularly accepting new gods into their Pantheon, the difference between denying all the gods and denying all but one of the gods was negligible. And this isn't just Phillipus and I imposing our viewpoints onto this: it's in the history books that atheism was one of the most frequent attacks made against Christians and Jews.

As for the actual question of this post, I tend to destroy all government and MIC buildings (unless the latter can be used by my faction) when I take a town, but otherwise leave it completely intact. Of course I'll be happy if, when I continue building, my new buildings replace some of the old buildings and thus acculturate the locals, but I'm not going to destroy them myself. The exception is if the city in question is the capital of a faction which has been particularly belligerent (ie. Roma when I played Karthadastim, Kart-Hadast when I played Romani, etc), in which case I level everything I can, with the exception of particularly useful buildings (such as the docks at Kart-Hadast). -M