Advice for Taxes, Newly Conquered Settlements

**Vexillari** · 12-20-2007, 22:24

My problem is Gaul as well, I've been doing exactly the same thing -- building levy spears and building quick upgrades. Seems to be holding steady now.

Thanks for advice all.

**Apgad** · 12-20-2007, 23:37

As well as governments and factional MICs (that you can't use), check out all of the other buildings to see whether they provide you with any benefits. Some buildings only provide benefits for certain factions, and if you're not one of them, raze them! Any foreign buildings that help population growth can also go, as these can work against you. Basically, anything that you can see that doesn't give you (specifically your faction) money or happiness can go. The more "enemy" buildings you can get rid of, the lower the culture penalty.

IIRC the biggest building for culture penalty is the Governor's Palace (or whatever). The sooner you can upgrade the foreign one with your own, the better. But, you have to balance this against the population rising too quickly and revolting.

I also get rid of any temples when I take a settlement. Although these help with happiness initially, I feel that the population gets used to them, and the more people you have the harder it is to destroy and build your own later on. I'd rather 400 people get pissed off that I knocked down their sacred grove, than 12,000.

I suppose you could say it's all about winning the hearts and minds of your conquered peoples...

**Vexillari** · 12-21-2007, 15:08

Thanks Apgad,

I've been leaving native temples until I have a Romani one of equal or greater effect, but I'll try your suggestion.

I just conquered a Sweboz settlement - Gawjam-Hattoz - with a nearly full stack, put the populace to the sword with the intent of avoiding some of these problems and, with only about 2,200 left in the settlement, they're still red-faced pissed off, even with over a thousand Roman troops and ancillaries tramping around their dirty roads!

I fear that my only option is to pull up stakes and camp outside the stockade and wait for the inevitable, which would seem less costly in the long-run than trying to quell the disturbance from within...

Ah, for the ancient version of a Human Terrain System team of anthropologists...