Procurator - Carthago
This is the first of the military scenarios which takes place in
the desert. As such, you need to be extra-careful about placing lots of prefectures –
otherwise, your city will be consumed in fire before you can do anything about it.
|
Objectives |
Population
6000, Culture 45, Prosperity 30, Peace 40, Favour 30 |
|
Caesar
Requests |
167BC – 10
Oil in 24 Months
165BC – 10 Wine in 24 Months
162BC – 10 Oil in 24 Months
160BC – 10 Wine in 24 Months
157BC – 15 Oil in 24 Months
154BC – 15 Wine in 24 Months |
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Invasions |
166BC – c.24
Carthaginians and 2 Elephants from SE
163BC – c.45 Carthaginians and 5
Elephants from SE
161BC – Carthaginians &
Elephants from NW (where city was at start of level)
159BC – 16 Natives from SSE
156BC – Lots of Carthaginians
and 7 Elephants from SE
154BC – 16 Natives from ESE
154BC – Carthaginians and
Elephants from WNW
152BC – Natives from NW
152BC – c.45 Carthaginians and 5
Elephants from SSE
149BC – Carthaginians |
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Initial
Funds: |
5039dn |
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First Loan: |
4000dn |
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Price Changes: |
153BC –
Weapons up 50dn |
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Storms: |
No |
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Landslides: |
No |
Your predecessor here neglected to appease the natives when he built the town
you encounter at the start, so you need to slow the game right down to 10% and build
mission posts throughout the existing settlement. Since the native revolt is already under
way, you have to sit back and hope for the best (i.e. that not too much of the place will
be smashed before your missions get to work). However, once you have the missions up and
running, it will not be too long before life returns to normal and you need to worry about
the gods (especially Mars, who was neglected by your predecessor and can stoke up a native
rebellion within a year of you taking over – he did to me).
Once the gods are pacified, you can turn to the city. There is farmland under
the large housing estate in the middle of the old town, so bulldoze that and build some
farms. You need to get some oil, wine and weapons workshops going early so that trade and
defence can begin. You are already trading with Thamugadi when you take over, so you can
start trading oil and wine from early on. To get enough food without going near the
natives in the SE, you will need to make full use of the opportunities for fishing –
see my city for how to do this. However, don’t forget about the SE natives –
place a mission post next to the chief’s hut so that they will trade with you. Build
as many marble quarries as possible – it’s a great cash crop (can be traded with
Caesarea and the natives), and it’s that which makes Carthago such a profitable city.
Be careful where you build, however, since the attacks can arrive in areas
which were used by the old city, and which you might also have populated. In the above
table, where no numbers are given, just a direction, that means that they arrived in the
middle of my city (see my saved game). Therefore, keep away from all the map edges.
That’s all I’ll say about Carthago – if you need to see the
saved game, then click
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