Quote Originally Posted by williamsiddell View Post
A few more tips.

To rule the entire world:

Leave Rome to last. The other Romans are destroyed quite early (most of their units rout against a phalanx). Rome has to be watched. Make sure you destroy any remaining army it has. Station a couple of assassins nearby and place a spy inside. As you go about conquering everybody else, Rome will churn out spies and diplomats and every so often generate a bunch of generals. Use your assassins to immediately kill any spy or diplomat as they appear in the city. If you don't then you will find the cities around are soon bribed (Rome has loadsa money) or show increased unrest. Make sure you have replacements handy should your assassin or spy die.



Spanish cities:

You should be nearing the end game by this time so enslavement has limited benefits - I exterminate them all.


Units:

I never build onagers. They slow the entire army down. Nice effect in battle though!
You may be able to pick up elephant mercenaries in the desert.
Agreed on Spain, especially Corduba.

I use Onagers, especially if you are Greece vs Rome. You don't have the heavy cav to counter their onagers, unless you don't mind taking the chance of losing your Greek Cav. I especially love them in bridge defense, Rome and Egypt, and if they last Thrace, love Onagers, and at a bridge Hoplites are sitting ducks. They are also good in city defense for attacking siege towers (you may have to move them around so they can attack), and for destroying enemy Onagers attacking your towers. This is a new defense system I have started using.