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[weejonnie]

so as you can mod the others yourself i'd guess it would have to be that (although the gold chevron revolts are annoying as well especially as when playing a barb faction i liked to conduct looting raids where you destroy all the buildings and then leave the city to revolt back).

If there wasn't the chance of gold-chevron revolts happening you could destroy the buildings, occupy/ enslave the population and then reconquer and repeat. (OK each go gets you less, but it would still be a nice little earner.). Normally I only destroy buildings when a) they serve no purpose e.g. military barracks with scythians b) when you need to reduce the cultural penalty and c) when I have no chance to hold onto the city.

[ReluctantSamurai]

It would keep the AI honest about boosting Roman coffers as a corrolory

If there is a hidden economy for the Romans, it's hardcoded and can't be changed or affected

leaving a general in a city gets safe but average results while actively training them can get better results

That, and reducing the overall number of traits that can be accumulated.

If there wasn't the chance of gold-chevron revolts happening you could destroy the buildings, occupy/ enslave the population and then reconquer and repeat

Learn the ZPG system and those worries go away

[nikolai1962]

If there wasn't the chance of gold-chevron revolts happening you could destroy the buildings, occupy/ enslave the population and then reconquer and repeat. (OK each go gets you less, but it would still be a nice little earner.). Normally I only destroy buildings when a) they serve no purpose e.g. military barracks with scythians b) when you need to reduce the cultural penalty and c) when I have no chance to hold onto the city.

good point - i never actually thought of that as my reason for doing it was a scorched earth tactic to weaken a faction for a while so i could focus on a different one.