Settlements with no temples?

[megger]

How come some settlements can not build any temples at all? Seems from a logical point of view, a settlement could either stick to its old gods or embrace the roman gods, or a little of both. But religion disappearing entirely?

Markus

[Alphidius]

If I'm not mistaken all settlements can build temples. Perhaps the settlement you took over still has their culture's temple standing. Demolish it and you should be able to build one from your faction's culture.

[megger]

I am pretty sure that is not the case. For instance, when I look at the building tree, no temples are there at all...

[lars573]

What buildings are there?

[Quillan]

When you open the building browser for a settlement, it's only going to show possible builds (both current and future) in that settlement. At the beginning of a campaign, if you look at one of your cities that has no shrine at all, you will have multiple possible temple paths. As soon as you build one of them, all the others vanish from the browser. If you take over a foreign city, and it has a temple in it that is not equivalent to one of yours, you will not be able to upgrade it, and so no temples will show in the browser. Destroy the local temple, and all your options will appear at that point.

[Barkhorn1x]

I am pretty sure that is not the case. For instance, when I look at the building tree, no temples are there at all...

Not all Temples are actually - well - "temples". The Gauls have "sacred groves" and the Carths have some weird looking "Baal thing."

I've learned from bitter experience that the first thing you do when you take a settlement that is of a different culture is to "Sell the population into Slavery", this get's rid of half the pop. and makes the other half rather amienable to their new masters (makes you some $$ too). I also immediately smash the existing "temple" and build an appropriate shrine to my religion - kind of shows 'em who's boss. I make sure that I don't neglect to build "happiness buildings" as well. Of course the basics are also a given (Governors and garrisons - which can be withdrawn over time to a "basic" level of 4 [usually] Town Militia).

I am now at 221BC in my Julii campaign and have not had a revolt yet. There is no substitute for good government.

Barkhorn.