Settlements grow at an incredible rate in EB.74. In my Romani campaign, currently at 204 BC nearly every settlement is a large/huge city, and all barbarian settlements are cities. This is a big ridiculous when you have to fight Egyptian metropolises with gigantic walls in the middle of the desert. It also makes it very difficult to keep order in newly conquered settlements due to the squalor rates.

Perhaps population growth could be slowed down by giving the earliest form of Governor's Villa or whatever it is (the buildings that upgrade the settlement level from Town to Large Town etc.) a population growth bonus of -1% or so. Perhpas this could also be raised slightly for higher levels of these buildings. This should help to tackle the problem, if it is seen as a problem. Any views on this idea?