In every RTW game and version I've played, if I have cities in northern italy (playing as Rome), I fight and conquer gaul first. Quite often, the gauls all but force me to do so. Yet if I have my history right, this is way out of whack with what really happened. Gaul came much later than many other countries on the conquest list. Yet, looking at the map, it seems only natural to take gaul before spain. Gaul is a natural stepping stone to owning the west. I'm sure Carthage had something to do with Spain going first. Ok, so the question is, is my experience with this unusual? If not, can this be remedied? I mean, other than simply forcing myself to refuse to conquer gaul and unnaturally going way out of my way to do an awkward, risky naval invasion of Spain first? I always feel guilty when I take Gaul 1st on my list of conquests ... but the game seems to push for this.
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