Praetor - Lutetia
Off to Roman Paris this time. OK, so there may be no Moulin Rouge,
but it’s a great chance to build a large, thriving, bustling city (with not too much
resistance either), and also do some good for the Empire at large.
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Objectives |
Population
10000, Culture 45, Prosperity 50, Peace 50, Favour 40 |
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Caesar
Requests |
65BC – 15
Vegetables in 36 Months
63BC – an Army
60BC – 15 Vegetables in 24
Months
57BC – an Army
55BC – 15 Vegetables in 24
Months
50BC – 15 Vegetables in 24
Months |
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Invasions
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65BC
– c.30 Gauls from WSW
64BC – c.40 Gauls from NNE
60BC – c.60 Gauls from NNE
58BC – c.50 Gauls from NNE
55BC – c.40 Gauls from NNE
53BC – 16 Natives from NNE
51BC – 32 Natives from NNE
45BC – ? |
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Initial
Funds: |
8000dn
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First
Loan: |
000dn |
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Price Changes: |
57BC –
Furniture down 35dn
54BC – Wine up 35dn
52BC – Vines up 15dn |
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Storms: |
No |
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Landslides: |
No |
As usual, you need to get trading early here – the initial funds and first
loan don’t tend to go very far. As far as farming is concerned build mainly wheat
farms, as they are the quickest to produce their goods, but don’t neglect vegetable
and pig farms – Caesar seems to be going through a vegetarian phase during this
level, and you need veggies and meat in order to upgrade to villas and palaces, which you
will need in order to be able to reach the high prosperity target.
Your armies will fight battles to defend Tarraco in 61BC and 55BC –
you’ll need to send 1 cohort each of legionaries, javelins and cavalry in order to
defeat the invaders and get Caesar’s (almost) eternal gratitude and some lovely
little triumphal arches. Because of the massive favour boost which you’ll get when
you save Tarraco, and the low favour requirement, you can afford to pay yourself the
Caesar salary – you’ll need all the personal savings you can muster on the next
level.
In 62BC, just after you’ve sent your armies off to defend Tarraco for the
first time, you’ll encounter a gladiator revolt. This is a pre-programmed event and,
as such, cannot be avoided, unless you don’t have any gladiator schools in the city,
something which is pretty impractical. They will head for the more upmarket areas of the
city, and will trash your palaces (both your own and those belonging to your patricians),
Senate, forums, and colosseums. However, lion tamers and prefects will rapidly quell the
uprising, and it should be over within a month or so.
You need to try to get 4 luxury palaces to be certain of reaching the
prosperity target – this will allow you to have plenty of slum areas in the farmland
to supply your farms with workers.
The Gaulish invasions don’t really add up to much, especially since all
but the first one come from the same place (in between the trees in the NNE of the map),
so build a wall with towers there and you’ll be secure.
If you want to see what a completed Lutetia might look like, then click
here to get it. There's an alternative layout here,
sent in by "Elfiran Leavenhyde". When you're ready to progress, you'll
find yourself sent East to Damascus.
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