From here, you can either cross the sea to take Carthage immediately or take a small detour to pick up the various islands dotted around the map – Caralis and Palma to your West, Khydonia just off the coast of Greece and of course Rhodes with that all-important wonder of theirs. Immediately attack the Greeks on the island to your south and follow up with attacking Lilybaeum on the western edge. Once you have Greece established, finish off Macedonia and expand in whatever direction you want – the only factions that are likely to pose even a sliver of challenge is Egypt or a Seleucid Empire that managed to survive them in the early game.Ī largely identical roster to the other Roman families with little variance in tactics. If you are attacking a wooden-walled settlement, just knock multiple holes with your ram until you have a breach without a bunch of Hoplites on the other end – then flank and crush them with the better stats on your infantry. Hastati and Principes are still the go-to here, just don’t march them straight into a phalanx and you will be fine. Macedon may either attack you or try to ally you, accept the alliance and just betray them later after Greece is destroyed or exiled to the east.
Opening move is to immediately jump across the sea to the east, grab the rebel settlement and jump straight at the throat of the Greek cities.
This is made up for by the fact that Greece is far richer than anything in Gaul and you will find yourself raking in the cash after building the suitable trade and port buildings (make sure to swing by Rhodes to grab the wonder). Slightly harder than the Julii only due to the fact that Hoplites are more dangerous than Warbands. Swing down into Greece or Carthage to limit your fellow Roman’s expansion and prepare for your showdown with the senate and the other families once your popularity gets high enough. Your next options for expanding into a long campaign is to crush the barbarian neighbours for easy extensions to your territory, not much more trouble than Gaul except for Brittania’s chariots which are strong in auto-resolve. Don’t forget the settlement in Spain and you’re all done for the short campaign. Ignore any large stacks in the field if your own armies are large enough, just destroy their cities and let them waste all their time sieging one tiny town back. Gaul will be stuck on Warbands for an extremely long time and you just beat them at every stage of the game so they will never be a match for you even with a numbers advantage. If you are hunting for the “use only auto-resolve” achievement, I managed to beat the short campaign in 15 real-life minutes using this method. While you can choose to build up your economy and go for a slower conquest, simply pumping out Hastati in every single city and sending them to the front line against Gaul will crush them entirely in short order. That said, despite this very easy and quick path to late game domination, you don’t need to wait that long to destroy Gaul utterly. After capturing Patavium, start stacking growth buildings on it – this city has a hefty growth modifier and will likely be your first huge city – triggering the Marian Reforms very early on. You should be able to take both of these cities with little actual struggle – your Hastati are superior to their Warbands and the difference between the quality of your infantry will only grow as the game progresses.
Take the small rebel town to your northwest in your opening turns and siphon off troops from the garrisons of your cities to move north towards Patavium and Mediolanum. One of the easiest factions to start with. Part 1: Julii, Brutii, Scipii, Macedonia, Greek Cities, Egypt
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