Advice?

[César Victor]

Thanks for that.

What's the best way to keep a province in order? Honestly, I can't take my faction leader away from Baetica without a riot starting. I need him to take over Spain.

[Poulp']

change your capital, and put it at the centre of your empire.

if that's not enough, then put the taxes to max, draw out your army, let it revolt and exterminate the population when you take the city back.

Now as the julii you have access to good temple to keep public order.
build temple of bacchus in the cities where you know you'll never leave a governor in.
build temple of jupiter in the cities where you can build mines to reduce corruption., and in every city where you don't know what temple to build.

[Andres]

-Build buildings that help control public unrest like temples, amphitheatre and the such.
- move your capital to the centre of your empire
- Exterminate newly conquerend provinces, it will make it easier to control them later on.
- Destroy any religious building of another faction.
- Don't build the farm upgrades, it will make population grow too fast: the more population in your settlements, the more difficult to control them.
- garrison you cities: use cheap units for this purpose, for garrisoning it's the quantity of the troops, not the quality that will increase public order
- Conquer the whole of Spain and make sure you have ports in every one of these settlements, they will give your income a nice boost.
- get Massilia back
- if necessary give up on your northern provinces, just make sure you destroy every single building in it. Leave them, with a bit of luck there will be rebels in them, forcing the Britons to siege those cities and lose some troops by conquering them - afterwards retake them and exterminate the population.

You have a big empire, you won't lose in a few turns, there's still plenty of time to recover. Besides, the most intresting and joyfull campaigns are the difficult ones

Good luck

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Hi,
The best way of controlling a city is not controlling it at all. If it is rioting leave the settlement to revolt. Then get a powerful army back to the town to retake it. Once you are there exterminate the populace. That should keep them "happy" (or should I say terrified) for at least ten turns. Good luck and cheers!

[César Victor]

I'll try exterminating new provinces then. I've been enslaving them up until this point. Does making a city Capitol come with any benefits? I haven't changed it yet so I aint sure.

Thanks fellas.

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

I'll try exterminating new provinces then. I've been enslaving them up until this point. Does making a city Capitol come with any benefits? I haven't changed it yet so I aint sure.

Thanks fellas.

Hi again,
I think that it reduces corruption and removes the negatives caused by having the capital far away. Cheers!

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

Cities that are closer to your capital have higher public order, so it is most effective to keep your capital in the center of your empire.

Chances are if your Italian cities aren't raising their population anymore, they don't NEED anymore population. You don't need a million people in each of your cities.

And exterminating towns isn't the best way, it's just the easiest. Besides, barbarian cities usually don't have very high population compared to others, so occupation should be fine. However, it's your call. Just don't enslave anymore, I'm sure your Italian cities have enough slaves.

Remember the main things that effect public order!
1. Squalor (the more people you have in a city, the lower the public order).
2. Culture Penalty (you get a public order penalty for each building you own in a city that was built by the barbarians).
3. Distance from Capital (the further away your cities are from your capital, the lower the public order).
4. Garrisons (load your bigger cities with peasants, it will improve public order).
5. Religious Buildings (get the temple that improves public order the most in your bigger cities).
6. Other buildings (things like enemy taverns and your own arenas improve public order).

Good luck, and remember: It's not over until either ever member of your family dies or you lose your last city! Even if all you have is some 18 year old 0 command, 0 management, 0 influence general in the city on Ireland, you still have a chance to come back!

Keep us updated on your campaign. I want to see how you do.

[César Victor]

Thanks for that, I will do.

I never really thought of removing old Barbarian buildings. I usually just remove the temples and build new ones but I leave the production buildings to keep a flow of soldiers on the front lines. One of my biggest non-Roman cities is Narbo Martius, currently occupied by my heir. Public order and pop growth is terrible there, pretty much on the edge of a full blown riot. I bet it's those Barbarian buildings that are the problem. Bah.

I'm gonna go demolish the buildings in my three big non-Roman cities and hopefully I can take off from here.

[César Victor]

Thanks for that, I will do.

I never really thought of removing old Barbarian buildings. I usually just remove the temples and build new ones but I leave the production buildings to keep a flow of soldiers on the front lines. One of my biggest non-Roman cities is Narbo Martius, currently occupied by my heir. Public order and pop growth is terrible there, pretty much on the edge of a full blown riot. I bet it's those Barbarian buildings that are the problem. Bah.

I'm gonna go demolish the buildings in my three big non-Roman cities and hopefully I can take off from here.

[César Victor]

Thanks for that, I will do.

I never really thought of removing old Barbarian buildings. I usually just remove the temples and build new ones but I leave the production buildings to keep a flow of soldiers on the front lines. One of my biggest non-Roman cities is Narbo Martius, currently occupied by my heir. Public order and pop growth is terrible there, pretty much on the edge of a full blown riot. I bet it's those Barbarian buildings that are the problem. Bah.

I'm gonna go demolish the buildings in my three big non-Roman cities and hopefully I can take off from here.

[César Victor]

Thanks for that, I will do.

I never really thought of removing old Barbarian buildings. I usually just remove the temples and build new ones but I leave the production buildings to keep a flow of soldiers on the front lines. One of my biggest non-Roman cities is Narbo Martius, currently occupied by my heir. Public order and pop growth is terrible there, pretty much on the edge of a full blown riot. I bet it's those Barbarian buildings that are the problem. Bah.

I'm gonna go demolish the buildings in my three big non-Roman cities and hopefully I can take off from here.

[César Victor]

Thanks for that, I will do.

I never really thought of removing old Barbarian buildings. I usually just remove the temples and build new ones but I leave the production buildings to keep a flow of soldiers on the front lines. One of my biggest non-Roman cities is Narbo Martius, currently occupied by my heir. Public order and pop growth is terrible there, pretty much on the edge of a full blown riot. I bet it's those Barbarian buildings that are the problem. Bah.

I'm gonna go demolish the buildings in my three big non-Roman cities and hopefully I can take off from here.

[César Victor]

Thanks for that, I will do.

I never really thought of removing old Barbarian buildings. I usually just remove the temples and build new ones but I leave the production buildings to keep a flow of soldiers on the front lines. One of my biggest non-Roman cities is Narbo Martius, currently occupied by my heir. Public order and pop growth is terrible there, pretty much on the edge of a full blown riot. I bet it's those Barbarian buildings that are the problem. Bah.

I'm gonna go demolish the buildings in my three big non-Roman cities and hopefully I can take off from here.