Defendable Territory

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

I am not totally sure yet, I would presume that you would have to when you change the rebel spawning rate (that is you mean, is it not?). I'd wait for a modder to pop by first, however, before being sure, my humble and feeble knowledge, or most of the time lack of it, hence the username, only really extends to how to lose my battles, sorry about that.

[LuckyDog Trojan]

Athena:
Welcome as a new, full-fledged member of the Org.

A couple of idea's for you when you again pick up the sword.

Invade and then take the southernmost provinces of Greece (Sparta & Corinth). These two cities can be good money-makers with sea trade AND the area is easily defendable. Place a fort on the tiny patch of land that separates this region from the mainland.

Secondly - and this is a more bold initiative - conduct a major invasion of the Iberian (Spain) peninsula. Once you've conquered the six provinces there, the region can be defended somewhat easily by again placing forts in the mountain passes that separate Spain from mainland Europe. On the downside, the distance from your capital will be considerable. So you'll have to contend with the challenges of unrest and those treacherous rebels! If you choose to do this, I suggest that you 'exterminate' the local population, destroy their temples and immediately replace them with temples that produce loyalty to the Julii faction.

Of course, in all of the above, I'm making the assumption that your Roman brothers & sisters don't already occupy those lands.

Good luck and keep us posted on how things turn out!

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

I have found that the best temples for far away provinces are law temples such as temples of Jupiter (Julii) or Saturn (Scipii). They increase public order two fold and reduce corruption at the same time. Overall, these temples help provide you with happier and wealthier settlements.

[Third spearman from the left]

When you do get back to your PC do remember to post a couple of screen shots. Am very interested to see your Map. Two questions for you,

1. When you left Italy for the east, did this not lead to the senate giving you missions based on fighting Gaul in northern Italy, if so how did you complete them?

2. What level of difficulty are you playing at the moment?

[Athena the Femme Fatale]

Trojan, thanx for the tip but i've razed them to the ground. Haha..

Omanes, I built Law temples only in the 5 cities near my capital where i put governors, for the rest, i put Bacchus for the better bonuses (50 happiness 10 law or something like tt). No Bacchanalian festivals for my governor's cities. Dun want them to get bad traits: drinking, whoremongering etc..
I kill incompetent Julii family members with plague and kill off all family members who are not Julians.

TSFTL

1. I didn't. That's why the Brutii owned northern italy cuz the senate had to get them greens to do their bidding since i was ignoring them. No reprisals though, i started the civil war, not the senate.

2. VH/M

Will take a while, a few weeks before i can post pics... I have detroyed off all civilized factions. Now it's just be living with the Barbarians (the way i want) who are all fine except the scythians are gone. I'm at war with the gauls and neutral with the rest though none wanted an alliance.

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Hi again Athena,

Omanes, I built Law temples only in the 5 cities near my capital where i put governors, for the rest, i put Bacchus for the better bonuses (50 happiness 10 law or something like tt). No Bacchanalian festivals for my governor's cities. Dun want them to get bad traits: drinking, whoremongering etc..

Bacchus is a very good temple to have far away, yet I would suggest that you would go for Jupiter for settlements a fair distance from your capital myself. The Jupiter temple's law bonuses can reach vast proportions and provide a great benefit in tackling corruption - one of the main sources of income loss in many cities away from your capital. It also supplies the same happiness bonuses as the Bacchus temple - law is a statistic which bumps up happiness.

Enjoy your empire building, cheers!

[César Victor]

Stop defending. Kill them all. KILL THEM ALL!!

Heh. But seriously, how close are yee from civil war victory? Any of the Roman factions been destroyed yet? You mighta already said so but I've been skipping through and mighta missed it. You took a very interesting rout to conquest travelling south. In my Julii campgain took the boring path of Gaul and Spain and, eventually, north Africa. Make sure you target the weakest of the two other families as, if you focus all your attention on the one faction, they get crushed uber fast (that's three times today I've said uber ).

Ah btw, LuckyDog was right, Spain is a hawt place to mount a defensive.

And welcome to the Org! It's about time we got some ladies around here.