Quote Originally Posted by Garvanko
Why do you say that?

Going south for Carthage is actually a excellent strategy - slow down the Scipii, gain a rich province and a foothold in Africa. Great for your economy, especially if you get Lilybaem as well.

East? Well, again depends what your overall objectives are.. Dacia, Thrace, eventually Macedon.. where there is tons of denarii, anyway.

Why restrict yourself to poor Gauls and weak Spanish?
I don't really mean to say that ignore North Africa totally. What I've meant is that you should not be so engross with North Africa when your Northen, Eastern and Western borders are covered with full of hungry factions. As I said earlier, as a Juli, you would come into contact with Carthage early in the game. So I suggest taking that island near you, taking Carthage itself and yes Lilybaem too. Basically, YOU will be responsible for destory Carthage because when you take over Spain, you are going to take over one of Carthage regions too.

Therefore, I recommend taking the two Carthagians cities in North Africa and their two small island so that you will have total control over the whole of the Western Midderterrran! Don't worry about Numidia, let the Scipii deal with them. But becareful about the Eyptian, they might want to attack you!

At your service, LLB,