Enslaving the Populace

[Blodrast]

I agree with Zentuit. Enslaving is probably only useful in the beginning, when your starting cities are really small, and you want to grow them. But towards mid-game, when you're up to your neck in ...squalor, the last thing you want to do is to further increase your populace in your huge cities...
And since you have no control over how the slaves are distributed over your cities, it's probably better to just exterminate them. In the long run, it's better to have the small, slowly developing cities on your borders, with good civilized roman citizens, than to spend fortunes in trying to keep them from revolting all the time, tying lots of troops there, etc.

[mynameisjonas]

At one point in the game I had a gladiatorial revolt in one of my cities, I was wondering if that had any connection with enslaving a few cities just prior. has anyone seen the same thing? The "Gladiatorial Revolt", the rebellion was actually called that, had a many powerful gladiator units, and the senate paid handsomely to retake the city (took some time though).

[camulos]

I try to roleplay some of my generals so the faction they are conquering plays a role in my decision. For ex: I slaughter the Carthaginians, enslave Egyptians and try to live peacefully with the Greeks, etc.

[Ulstan]

"At one point in the game I had a gladiatorial revolt in one of my cities, I was wondering if that had any connection with enslaving a few cities just prior. has anyone seen the same thing? The "Gladiatorial Revolt", the rebellion was actually called that, had a many powerful gladiator units, and the senate paid handsomely to retake the city (took some time though)."

I think I have seen one of these. I hadn't ensalved any cities prior, but the revolt was composed entirely of gladiator units I think. (I had built an arena in the town)

It was in the prologue though.

The city was tarentum and I had originally just occupied tarentum - they revolted, through me out, I came back and enslaved them. They *still* hate my guts and since it's a huge city (like 30k people) my garrison can't possibly keep them all in check.

I picked up my all my men and left the city, they instantly revolted.

I am going to retake the city (especially since the senate will reward me for doing so) and this time there is going to be much extermination and razing of buildings.