Some questions.

[Sp4]

I just started playing the RTW campaign seriously for the first time (I played mostly quick battles and M2TW campaign before)

I'm playing on Hard atm.

So uhm, when can I go and make myself emperor? I thought I needed some control over the senate and such...



I can't attack Rome yet thought =(

Also, I am in a war with the Macedons after having thrown out the Greeks from Greece (lol) but somehow the Macedons always manage to cover me up to my neck in hoplites, no matter how many of them I kill. I think phalax infantry is the most annoying thing to fight...

I've had the 4th full stack thrown at me now and they only have like 2 cities which I also sieged twice. Do they get armies out of thin air?

I was also told by the senate (that'd be myself I guess) to go and conquer Rhodes and wipe out the Greeks, so I prepared an army and a fleet and when I got there I found that tiny Rhodes has 3 full Greek armies and 9 family members
What should I do to kill them lol? Whenever I land anything there, I get into a battle with all 3 armies and the garrison of the actual city since the island is so small =(
I tried bribing armies but it wont work.

Last question: When (Year) can I start recruiting actual Legionaires or however you spell that?

Thx in advance.

Sp4

[Sp4]

Update: I managed to conquer Rhodes by landing 3 stacks of Principes and Light Cav on the island and mopping up the greek stacks.

I also managed to kill 3 more stacks of the Macedons and have taken 2 more of their regions. They are on their last two now. I will kill them off completely and then see what I can do next.

I might invade Egypt.

Still, when do I get Legionaires? =(

[A Nerd]

Still, when do I get Legionaires? =(

I don't know the specifics, but I believe in order to get legionaires, one of your cities has to reach a certain population level and then you will have the option to build a certain government structure. This will allow for the production of legionaires and the like. Marian reforms or something to that effect? I haven't played RTW in some time so I cannot remember exactly.

[Brandy Blue]

You can get the legionaries auxillaries etc. after the Marian reform. That happens when at least one Roman controlled city has the most advanced possible government building. I think you need a pop of 24,000 for that to be possible. Probably you will be able to do this before the other Roman factions, but that is not such a big advantage as you might think. This is because as soon as one Roman faction gets the Marian reforms, the others get it free.

As for attacking other Roman factions, you cannot do it until either your popularity with the people is high enough for you to get the "bid for power" event, or the Senate becomes so afraid of you that they order your faction leader to commit suicide. Just refuse and they outlaw you. To become that popular with the people (or unpopular with the senate) just keep capturing more provinces. I think you need about 20-30 but I'm not sure.

As for becoming Emperor, well I never actually completed a campaign but I think you need to accomplish 2 goals:

1: control Rome
2: control 49 other cities of your choice

[Lord Reid of Britannica]

All of the above is true that was said by Brandy Blue... (haha rhyme)

Except you don't need to wipe out the other Roman factions to become emperor, you just need Rome and 49 other provinces.

[Brandy Blue]

Thank you for the correction Lord Reid. If I'd known that, I might have actually bothered to finish. I have edited my post to remove the mistake.