Also ask for map info (but don't buy it as it is not worth that much, it just looks good when every province is 'coloured' in). Send diplomats out and ask everynoe you find for trade rights and alliances. Move some ships to the Greek Peninsula and to Carthage, as you will get many assignments from the Senate to blockade ports. In the town all you will find is Town Militia and some peasants. When this happens send a family member and a couple of Hastati to take it. The senate will at sometime ask you to take Caralis. Use this time as a breather and start getting some money. Once you have taken Patavium put forts in all mountain passes to slow movement. Repeat the process of building peasants now, but be ready to move your army quickly, as you will need to take Patavium soon, as this city will start producing boats and Warhounds and other nasty stuff. Try not to engage your Triarii as you cannot heal them and they are very useful later on. When fighting the Gauls remember that they are a lot weaker than you, but if you play on a high difficulty level you may find that you have to have your general very close to your soldiers to stop them from running away. When there are enough peasants to garrison the city well leave the city with the peasants and that one family member and take Mediolanium. In all your cities build anything that boosts income. Raise the taxes high and start building peasants in it. Segesta will not have any walls so take it quickly. Remember no to lower taxes and try to have all your cities happy, because if the governor in it dies you will often find that the city will rebel without the governor because it is already close to it. The Senate will give you a mission to take Segesta so put all your available units in one army with your faction heir and one family member. Remember that it is a lot easier to get command stars than it is to get influence wreaths and management scrolls. Choose what family member will be your faction heir. I always like to put my faction leader in my capital so that if you get an enemy that penetrates that far you have an excellent general to lead your units to victory. Get rid of the Town Watch as they cost money, but are not useful for anything. The first thing to do is get peasants in both your cities and try to get all the units inside out. Expanding slowly may not be good in the short term (your enemies are stronger when you face them and they have more armies) but it is worth it in the long run, as it means that rebellions are less frequent and you can train less troops, as they are freed up from garrison duty. I have heard that it can be done in 4 turns, but I recommend doing it in around 5-7 turns and build forts to stop any reinforements coming. That is why it is important to take the north Italian cities as quick as possible. Although you have a positive income on both your cities you are still spending money on buildings and other things like that. They both have high fertility, but you will start losing money quickly, but I have heard that if you change your generals retinues etctra ectra, you can get both cities in positive income. I feel a step-by-step guide kind of ruins the game as it means you, as a player, don't do much except follow the guide.Īs the Julii you start off with two cities - Arretium and Ariminum.

This won't be a step-by-step guide, but giving you goals. I will post my guide to being the Julii, but other people can post their views, and if they are good enough I will post them on here. I did the 'Parthia - The way of the horseman' and it was quite successful, so I decided to use the same format and try it out for the Julii. This guide will help you on your path to Rome. There are lots of battle strategies, but they are the easy part. I have noticed that there are very few guides on what to do as a roman player.

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