Quote Originally Posted by pezhetairoi
But I find it much easier to do it once the message comes out than later. Like when the message appeared, I had already been getting ready for the war for about 10 turns, so I had diplomats at every Roman city, and three armies within striking distance. All it took me was another 3 turns for necessary concentration and accelerated bribing, and I finished the civil war in 4 turns, crushing the Julii and Scipii (I was Brute) in Turn 2, and SPQR between turns 3 and 4 when they attacked my besieging force.
Why go for a quick and easy war, i try to let it develop into a 3 way bloodbath, its a lot more fun than winning a war with diplomats and wads of cash