Advice?

[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.

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

You are welcome to any advise. No need to thank me at least

[Roman_Man#3]

if you posted that many times on purpose, then you are breaking the rules. If that was an accident, please say so, so a mod can delete the extras.

[César Victor]

Oops, sorry about that, not quite sure how I did it though I did post those by accident, yeah.

I just "cleansed" my Gallic and Spanish cities (I took Massila and Lugdunum back btw, woo!) of most Barbarian and Carthage buildings, leaving some temporarily to keep the population happy.

New question; what's the best way to deal with a city that's pretty much fallen to pieces? Patavium is currently diseased and rioting with a -2000 income and over 27'000 inhabitants. No idea how it got that bad :S Shall I just demolish what I can and restart or just wait it out?

[Squid]

-2000 income doesn't mean that the city is losing money. In RTW the cost of your empire is split among your cities based on their population, so if a city has 10% of your population it will carry 10% of the expenses. All the -2000 means is that Patavium isn't pulling its share of the expenses, in other words it might still be your biggest money making city, but the amount of money it makes is less than the game says its expending. So don't really pay too much attention to it. As long as your bottom line is black you're ok.

To fix disease in a city, build the sewer line of improvements as this improves public health.

As some have alluded to, any building that is built by a faction that is not of the same culture as you are will give the city the building is in a cultural penalty that effects public order.

[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.