Portgate - Dere Street Road

The Emperor, Antoninus Pius, has decided to try to conquer Scotland. He has moved his legions north to the newly built Antonine Wall and has left the Hadrian Wall undefended. But all does not go well in the north. The emperor has decided that the defenses of Hadrian's wall must be restored.

He assigns you the task of recruiting the soldiers needed to defend the Portgate section of wall, between the cavalry forts of Haltonchesters and Chesters, with its three mile-castles and sentry towers. This section of the wall is just north of the river Tyne with the town of Corbridge to the south on the river. Dere Street Road, which runs through the center of the area, is one of the main trade routes between Northumberland to the south and northwest into Scotland. The less used Devil's Causeway Road also runs to the north.

He requires that you build a modest sized but highly cultured and prosperous trading suburb and ordnance depot in north Corbridge to take advantage of the lucrative trade available along Dere Street and to intimidate the barbarians of the frontier. The local native village of Fourlaws to the north is quite eager for Roman goods. He also orders you to provide the weapons needed for the newly recruited soldiers for the entire eastern section of the frontier. Therefore his requests for weapons will be many, along with some occasional requests for pottery, timber, and oil. In times of emergency he may even call upon you for troops. And while the area south of the wall is peaceful, packs of barbarian raiders and wolves still roam through the frontier area to the north.

Can you achieve all this and protect Northumberland before the invading Picts mass for a large invasion?

Targets:
Culture 80
Prosperity 75
Peace 35
Favor 75
Population 5500