Okay, now Part II: To become the Imperator

Senario: Whole of Europe Conquered, Alantic Ocean Guarding Your Backside, North Sea Guarding Your Head. East boredered with Thracians and the Brutii in Greece. Senate and the other factions in Italy all aiming their legions at you. South is surrounded with the Brutii, who should by now capture most of North Africa except the two Carthagians regions that you are holding.

Okay, so as I said in the earlier post, you have to send most of your army to the east because that is when the Brutii will start pouring their armies in. Send diplomats and assassins so as to bribe some army off and also to kill the generals. Italy should be fine as long as you send your best armies with your best generals to take Rome and the other factions' cities in Italy. But the major battle is in fact, fought at sea.

Yes, the blue blue sea.

Land battles are not everything. If you had build up a huge navy, you are a force to be reckoned with. Cause with your navy, you can blockade the ports of all the other Roman factions and by doing that, you will cripple their economy and with less money, they cannot churn out many troops. So remember, navy is just as important. But don't forget, the other factions will try to do the same and so reserve some pow-wow ships to fight with those ships that are trying to blockade your ports.

Now it is logistics, you have to ship some of your troops to North Africa. I recommend doing that way before the Senate outlaw you so as that when you fight the Scipii, you can strike hard and fast.

Remember the big picture, you want to be Imperator. I always think in that way when playin the game so that all the decisions I make, is to help me become the Imperator (or shall we say, Emperor?)

Now that the pieces are set, the wheel of war will start turning and it will be showdown time. I can assure you that you will conquer the whole of Italy and also North Africa because the Scipii have to fight on two fronts, one with you and another with Eypt. The Brutii are a lot harder to crush since they are secured in Greece. So to crush them, after the war in Italy, send some armies through the land to attack them from the west and another bunch of armies through the seas to attack them from the south. In that way, they have to defend two fronts. It is best to ally with Thrace (if you had not wipe it out yet) so that Thrace MIGHT (i say might because the AI make notouriously poor allies) help you in your war against the Scipii.

That's it, the condensed and way way simplifed version of the Juli!

LLB,