Quote Originally Posted by TF923
You guys are all missing something very important. While 80% from a garrison is *possible*, it's extremely expensive. Look at the cost of paying 20 peasants every turn: 2000 dinarii per turn just to keep order?! No way I would pay that. I will sooner put a city on "Daily Games and Races" than to pay 2000D every turn for a full peasant garrison. That's nuts.

A full peasant garrison is the LAST RESORT for a city, and should only be considered a *temporary* measure while you build the Coliseum and Hippodrome.

The answer to this guy's question is this: Look at how much you pay your garrison every turn, then compare that to how much monthly/daily games & races cost.

Now you see why your empire is broke.
Now that's a good point, I should have looked at the maths. Then again, half my empire needs 80% garrison, even at low taxation. Time to start using peasants for population transport so I can remove those culture penalties and reduce my garrisons, I think.