Help with trade

[funkb]

I'm in my Juili campaigne in 200 BC and i'm just not making the money i should be. I own 85% of Europe and every settlement has port, market, shipwright, etc etc. all the neccassary things for trade. I also have trade rights with almost everyone. Some factions i see my trade ships going to their ports but like egypt for some reason i dont see the trade route in blue like i should or any ships. Am i doing something wrong or missing something? Thanks for any help.

[Doug-Thompson]

As soon as anybody finds an answer, we'd all like to know. I seem to be getting plenty of trade, but don't exactly know what I'm doing.

[Orvis Tertia]

You may already know this, but just in case: The starting port can only handle one trade route, and you gain an additional one with each upgrade, up to three, I think. So you can have agreements with everyone, but it still doesn't change the number of potential trade routes your city can have.

[funkb]

Ahh maybe thats it. I do have alot of dockyards built which gives u 3 trade routes. Is there any way to change which route you wanna use? I wanna trade with Egypt instead of say britannia.

[Orvis Tertia]

It's my understanding that the AI automatically selects the most profitable trade routes for you.

[funkb]

OK LAST QUESTION.

If i look at the Bruti they have alot of sea traffic on their ports. Mine have one ship and i have the neccassry buildings for multiple routes. Any idea what may be causing this?

Do i have to send war ships out to protect the routes. There are no enemy ships there though.