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I now have somewhere around 2.5m denarii and I am at the point where I always end up after a while... my population doesn't like me, I have lowest tax rate and daily games across all settlements and started moving in a garrison of ~2500 soldiers into every city now.

Army upkeep is around 130,000 by now.

Profits per turn: -30,000

On a sidenote, how do you gain popularity with the people (to overthrow the senate)?
To gain popularity with the people you just need to keep conquering cities which also helps with paying for army upkeep as you have more income.

If your cities aren't liking you it may be due to the proximity to capital factor, is your capital still in italy and all your cites to the east? Cities are happier when they're closer to the capital of the empire so try changing your capital to a nice central place like Sparta, Corinth or Halicarnassus.