Quote Originally Posted by Tamur

As for finances, one of the best strategies I've found so far has been to go on single- or double-province raids once you get a 15 or 20 unit army... Send a spy, move in quickly once you know the disposition of forces, assault and exterminate a town, then run back to your "safe" province's walls for protection. Depending on the town, you can make 10.000 to 40.000 denarii in a single city sacking... a very nice way to pad the treasury. This is especially helpful for the Scipii/Brutii factions -- the Gallic towns don't yeild a whole lot of loot... fertile land, but not much loot, so as Julii it's best to get a force together and occupy as many as possible.

Umm, enough for now. Hope that helps a bit, I know it doesn't cover everything but what could?
sacking a province really cripples it in the long run. I sacked a good trade province, and I'm really regretting it. It's taking forever to build pop up to the point that i can build a port.

So don't do this to any province you'd like to develop.