Roman: Scipii

**Quillan** · 06-27-2006, 02:54

That looks fairly typical for the Aegean Sea. The exact number vary with population levels and port levels; I assume Halicarnassus is very large while Athens is probably the smallest in terms of current population level. But that area generates an OBSCENE amount of money, and it's even more productive in the hands of the Bruti, since they have a temple that increases trade goods.

**SWT** · 06-27-2006, 03:14

Oh I see... What you said about Athens... The matter is that Athens is my capital

And Halicarnassus is "ill" (sorry, do not know how to say it in English)

Is not Aegean Sea a bit unfair? Is there any other zone similar to that?

**Severous** · 06-29-2006, 20:02

@ SWT

I see famous battle markers in the sea. !!

Ive never seen that before. Do you recall any battle that caused such markers ?

I have never seen that much money either.

**Quillan** · 06-29-2006, 23:26

I missed the skull icon. The term in english is "plague". I don't know if there are any other differences between the different language versions, but in my North American version, most of those would have reached "Huge City" sizes, because of the city appearance I can tell an Imperial Palace has been built there. However, the maintenance costs are distributed in proportion to the current population. Assuming there aren't any other differences like Athens being the only one of your cities to have a dockyard or the market levels varying a lot between all these towns, the reason Athens is making so much more than the others would be because it has a lower population. Any city with plague has money problems, as pretty much all trade stops as long as the plague is active. I once had plague break out in 3 cities at once; it was a severe economic hit.

As to your other question, the eastern med is pretty good (Antioch, Tarsus, Salamis, Sidon, Jerusalem and Alexandria), as is the area right around Italy (Tarentum, Croton, Messana, Syracuse, Lilybaeum, Caralis, Carthage and Thapsus).

**SWT** · 06-30-2006, 00:36

Got it Quillan, thanks! Yes, Halicarnassus had a plague in the picture

Corinthio has less population than Athens, but I think the matter is that Athens is the capital of my empire, so maybe that's why Athens earns the most money.

Another strange event has happen... Byzantium gives me the same money as Athens now!... It suddenly grew up from 2800 denarii per turn to 6500 denarii!

The same happened me with Carthage, Tapsus and whole Sicilia... They were giving me losses and now they all give me more than 3000 denarii per turn!

Severous, I have 3 famous battles markers in the sea, all of them in Aegean Sea. I think my boats' golden weapons, armours and chevrons helped to make an epic victory (In spanish it is "Victoria Épica", the biggest type of victory, I don't remember how is it en English... "Crushing Victory"?) and that's why I got it, I made Crushing Victories at sea...

I wish there are playable naval battles in next games...

**rotorgun** · 07-01-2006, 03:33

Hey there SWT, Rotorgun here.

I couldn't help but notice the huge amount of income that you have generated in your empire! At first it was almost unbelievable, that is until I noticed that you have a virtual monopoly of the Agean, the eastern Medditeranean, and the Black seas. I also noticed that most of your ports are very well developed. You must be, in the tradition of the Armada, an Admiral de Los Mares de todo El Mundo, a veritable Don Medina Sedonna. I am very immpresed, as I am a proponent of the big navy strategy as well. How many ships do you posess in total? Do you use them to blockade your enemy's ports?

I was also wondering how one says plague in Espanol? I imagine it to be La inferma del muerte, or perhaps El muerte negro or words to that effect. I speak a modicum of La Lingua myself, and am always trying to learn palabras nuevas.

Muchos felicidades en Su strategia muy victoriso!

**SWT** · 07-01-2006, 03:54

Thank you very much Rotorgun. I could teach you some spanish if you want, you can see my MSN Messenger in my profile.

"Plague" would be literally "Plaga", but it is not the term we use. "Plaga" can be used for every illness, but in the game, the illness is called "Peste" or "Peste negra". I am not a doctor, but I think it is the illness that makes your skin get grey and high fever, and then you die in a few days...

Yes, my ports are fully developed. I don't use to block many ports... Only if I am at war

I began to build a lot of ships when I started the war against the Greek Cities... They had a lot of ships! So I built another lot

I have about 5 fleets, all them with the full-coloured sail and at least one thousand men each one. So... About 5000 sailors. I don't know if it is a lot, but it's enough to dominate the Eastern Mediterranean

Now I'm building Deceres, they are great!

Oh, another thing! The translation of "Admiral" is "Almirante" :P So it would be "El Almirante de los mares de todo el mundo", but your spanish is quite nice I think.

¡Muchas felicidades por tu correcto español!

I cheer you to learn more!