Hi,

I'm playing as the Romani using VH (campaign) / M (battles) on the Alexander engine and am at the moment in the Polybian era.

I'm following Quintus Sertorius's guide of being a proper Roman. In the guide he states that one should leave one's cities garrisoned lightly, and only with locally-recruitable troops, if possible. Compensationally, one should station permanent armies in the field to guard many such regions.

Will the AI be deterred more by a large border city garrison or by a small city garrison coupled with a decent army around? I am paying 200 mnai / turn to each AI faction I share the border with. With most of these AI factions I have alliances as well.

Cheers,
Mihnea