What is safe to destroy?

[Unintended BM]

I think the original topic has been thouroughly discussed. I say go about your business with discussing human sacrifice or whatever.

[Skoran]

I am playing a Baktria campaign. But what can I destroy when I take a saka town.

I am not talking roleplay here, but all those nomadic building give no advantages (like happiness, health, ...) so I destroy them. Is it smart to do?

[Watchman]

Yes.

[Scutarii]

What about generic things like a Germanic market if I am Roman?

Does it still count as German culturally and thus the public order issue? I am assuming that Germanic settlements have some kind of order penalty to non-Sweboz factions as that is the only way I can fathom how a town with a 512 population can be rebelling when over 3000 Romans are occupying it...

[Ludens]

It's safe to destroy a German market, although why would you? Most of the culture penalty comes from the governor's residence, which cannot be destroyed, so you'll have to upgrade it.

There is no special Germanic rebellion bonus. Maybe there are spies or your governor has some negative traits? Garrison bonus is also capped at 80% for some reason. No, it isn't logical, but it is also hardcoded so the team cannot help it.

[Amun Nefer]

Only read 1/4 of the thread so sowwy if I repeat what someone else has said. If you want to see an example of Roman views toward Alexander, look no further than Late Republic sculpture

notice this depiction of Alexander:

and this one of Gnaeus Pompey:

In that time of great turmoil you had many people looking for a strong leader to save the Republic, so you had fellows like Pompey (being an intelligent fellow) try to cast themselves as being like the Great King. One of the clearest similarities is the cowlick present in the hair as well as the idealised depiction itself and the slight smile. Earlier on most busts created of Patricians were very accurate in their depictions and appearing severe (some appearing quite ugly by our standards)

here are some older examples of what I mean:
^



Not at all like the great conqueror :)

Anyway, to get back to the OP, if you want to be all Roman about it, pwn the New City completely! :D

[Watchman]

What about generic things like a Germanic market if I am Roman?

Does it still count as German culturally and thus the public order issue? I am assuming that Germanic settlements have some kind of order penalty to non-Sweboz factions as that is the only way I can fathom how a town with a 512 population can be rebelling when over 3000 Romans are occupying it...

'Course it does. But at least it's still a perfectly functional market, and when you upgrade it to the next stage the new building will be of your culture.

Pretty sure some provinces on the map feature varying levels of "inherent" disorder to represent their general historical unruly-ness.

[machinor]

@Amun Nefer: I don't know... I think one has to differentiate between bust made of old men which had great religious importance and representative bust which were basically political portraits. I don't know if the bust of Pompey is such a good example of likening busts to Alexander. I think the key point is idealization. Hellenistic rulers were idealized in their portrayal as part of forming their public image. In the late republic many politicians with ambition and power emulated the Hellenistic propaganda style. The best example is the famous statue of Augustus (forgot the exact name).
The bust of Pompey seems quite naturalistic to me. I don't know, to me he always looks totally drunk.