Quote Originally Posted by LegioXXXUlpiaVictrix
Very good idea. Just adding a cost depending on garrison size and city population for the "prepare for siege" option, and it's perfect IMO. While they're at it, I think there should be a manual management of how much food reserves you should have in a city ready for sieges, something that'd cost denarii and therefore not be used much in non-border provinces. And perhaps also add so that naval province cities would never starve unless their port is blockaded too...
well, most cities in ancient times didn't had a port but a HARBOUR CITY, like athens that werent directly connected to the city. so if they cut of the road (always shown on the strat map) to the harbour or block it or take the port (by putting a army on it)