A problem with the senate

[SwordsMaster]

Yup, thats right, you offices have nothing to do with the decision power you have in the Senate. The Senate popularity helps to a certain degree, but If you hold 46 provs and have 10 shields on the people's scale, its just time to take over Rome. They wont stop asking impossible things.

[Shadow]

That’s a little disappointing to know that holding seats in the senate will not affect their decisions on things but it okay now because the senate is no problem after my sword fall on Rome

I have another question

Is there something like civil war in RTW like MTW because I don’t see the loyal shield on my generals or captains ?

[YAKOBU]

Hi Shadow

Civil war happens in RTW but differently to MTW. Once you are outlawed as the romans (which is inevitable) you will then be at war with your fellow romans the Scipii, the Brutii and the SPQR. I'm not sure if non-roman factions have civil wars, I assume not.

[Hambut_bulge]

Shadow,

I think you've slightly misunderstood what the Senate floor screen is showing. Your family hold five out of the six available positions in the game. But those are not all the seats in the Senate. They are the administrative offices that run the Republic. In reality there were a lot more than six such positions. Behind them, just as in any democracy today there are many many more 'back-benchers'. I think there may have been 500 hundred or so of these positions in the Republic. It will be they who are mistrustful of your family's ambition and power. Time to invade the Republic and put the proscription lists up in the Forum!

[Didz]

I just assumed that when this happened the game was telling me to forget democracy and move on to total world domination.

What surprised me was that having thrown all my rivals out of Rome and the rest of Italy the game then demanded that I capture 15 more provinces before it would recognise my status as Emperor.

The Julii family have been banished to the barabarian forests of the north and the Scipii are baking their arses off in the deserts of North Africa.

I mean come on guys who else is there and why do I need your vote anyway?

[Shadow]

Thanks Hambut_bulge for clearing things up or I will be complaining to CA that they need to work on their diplomacy.

& YAKOBU that’s what I am thinking too, just one someone to confirm my doubts thanks a lot !!!

A Big Thanks to everyone for helping

[lars573]

The way the Roman senate positions works is that from the various senatorial class families some run for election or selection to the various public offices. Although in RTW they are nurfed some what in the real roman republic there were 2 consols, 6 praetors, quaestors, and adiles 1 pontificus maximus and censor. Unlike a modern senate the Roman senators weren't elected the plebs elected people to the postions I listed from the senators and other patrician classes (patrician=nobility). By the time Caesar was assassinated there were about 800 senators, 300 were senators by Caesar's appointment.