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[Andy1984]

Great to see you like the mod.

I would advise you - before you play Seleukia - to try to explore your immediate surroundings as the Romani a bit. You see: Arretium, Southern-Italy and Northern Italy are the rather easy parts to conquer and to get your hands onto. I for myself got pretty badly mauled when my Roman legions left Northen Italy for the first time. Said otherwise: you still have something new to learn when you'll attack your neighbours (whether Getai, Arverni, Aedui or Lusotanni) for the first time. :D


Some info about the different government buildings: they represent up to what way you're incorporating conquered territory into your Roman empire to be. Government 1 represents a total incorporation, while government lvl 4 represents merely an ad hoc incorporation or even little more as an allied region. The lower the governement level, the higher lvl factional barracks you're allowed to train, giving you access to elite units of your own factions. Early on, these will be triarii, Italian allied cavalry or even the fearsome samnite allies. You won't get however much local units. If you had opt for a higher goverement lvl, you would be allowed to build a higher lvl regional barracks (but a lower lvl factional barracks). Gone is the recruitment option of your legionnaires in your newly conquered territory, but you are rewarded with the access to some elite regional units. In Greece these can be hoplites or heavy cavalry for example. Deciding whether you want a high or low level of these governement structures comes down to asking whether you want to recruit regional auxiliaries in that settlement, or more factional units. As time progresses, and you'll reform your army, you'll gain the option to build lower governement levels in your conquered territory. All in all, you can't do anything wrong. But if you intend to build out a globe-spanning empire, you might want to opt for the lower governement levels. After all, they make recruiting (and retraining!) your Roman legionairs in your border regions possible. And as you'll notice, the further away from Rome, the more you'll need to retrain your units. ;)

good luck,

Andy