I always thought there really wasn't a need to go straight for the family members like that. Forgive me for sounding completely daft, but what's the point? If you kill him, you kill him. (And the AI most usually ensures you kill him, since he charges straight for you eventually.) And if he escapes, well, he escapes. So what's the fuss? If you play Julii you're eventually going to sweep the map clean of Gauls anyway, so why worry? Besides, I always found it more fun to let him escape... family members always come back with armies so I get to fight some more, kill some more :-D Bloodlust is not exactly a Julii characteristic, but it's useful when you can't help but win every battle you fight ;-)