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[DionCaesar]

Can you hear the sound of birds singing when romaioi are dead?
If you can not, i will kill them for you: you have to hear that music!
It's a pleasant sound you know
All those bastards dying
It is pleasant
You know
Romaioi dying
You know...

It must be very painfull for you that Illyria (your country Croatia included) was one of Caesar's provinces heheh gnagna .

lol just couldn't resist.

After all, the Roman empire did fall, so you guys got what you wanted. Now back on topic: having more than 1 million mnai (how much denarii is that btw, and what could you 'buy' for that? (and don't say)) get's you a lot of ''rich, richer, richest'' traits. That way, your familymembers will be very, very influencial, which isn't very good for roleplaying purposes (at least, in my case). It's also very corrupting.

[Jebivjetar]

It must be very painfull for you that Illyria (your country Kroatia included) was one of Caesar's provinces heheh gnagna .

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It's Croatia, not Kroatia

[Jebivjetar]

After all, the Roman empire did fall,

[Jebivjetar]

I've been watching some statues of romaioi- dogs in our museum (those dogs had some legionary camp around here, called Aquama; http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cakovec), and i've found our street dogs more cooler than romaioi dogs

[Cute Wolf]

Hey guys, I just found up how to made someone as your protectorate without using FD on hard campaign... without 1000000 minai.

Let them attack you first
Siege their provinces one. Take them... offer peace w 1000 minai as "compensation"
let them attack you again, so for "punishment"... take another province from them, and offer peace without compensation, or we'll attack you!
If they reject, took one of their province, and say that again one time.
If they accept, just let them attack you, repeat.
Now, if they attack again... offer peace with they must paid 10000 minai to you, as they must compensate......... or we will attack!
If they reject, just take one of their city again... repeat, but reduce the ammount of compensation they must pay.
If they accept... just wait for some years of peace.... and when they attack, offer protectorate, they must paid 20000 minai (more or less) for compensation, or we will attack them, raze to the ground, and spread salts on their cities......... They'll accept your supperiority, and become your loyal dogs for almost a century.

At least, that what did I do as Sweboz to Aedui and Getai.

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note: The Romaioi didn't deserve protectorate status, just kill them and sack Barbaropolis, that's all.