I say 'issues' like so because it isn't really too much of a problem being filthy stinking rich, ooooh bad bad me with all my monies!

I have recently rediscovered RTW and set out with the Julii. 20 turns down i'm swimming in gold, I lower taxes to normal to be greeted by useless accessor, I raise them to go over the 50k threshold and everyone's fingers become sticky!

The purpose of this thread is to determine what other members do with their gold.

Personally, I take my time in a save, I don't rush - I turtle. I don't attack unless I am attacked. The Senate hate me but hey i'm a nice ruler, with sticky fingers because I don't constantly churn out troops. I have Segesta plus my two starting cities and a decent stack capable of defeating anything the Gauls think will do the job, despite them not attacking me so I don't need to have more troops to go on the offensive.

Why am I being forced to recruit more, keep taxes high and my people poor? I could give away my 3/5k profit per turn but where is the logic in that?