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Ooops sorry, somehow I didn't realise this is an English forum.

I was saying that I was really enjoying this game, back then. I remember that I tried to 'paint' all the map green, that is to say to conquer all citites. If I remember right, I almost achieved it, except of the minor asian towns.

But you don't have to go that far for victory: capture Rome and you are done :brain:

This is most easily done, if you just starve them. Let an army siege it, till they run out of food.

I just found that apparently the battle options don't influence the outcome: it seems to be pure random!! So it doesn't matter what formation you choose, just watch the status of the battle, if it looks bad cancel and flee.

Rome draws the 0,4% new troops in october, where you get new troops in april, from some cities. I haven't found out how you can influence the amount, maybe being nice (low taxes) helps?