AgedOne
Emperor
All things considered I would vote for razing Thermopylae. IMO the economic hit of owning it outweighs the benefits of the strategic location.
The city I'd most like to take and keep is Athens, but given that this looks horrendously costly until we have cats, then Corinth would be my next choice.
It was size 3 (iirc) the last time I saw it, coastal and from what we've seen so far, we would find it defended by a couple of archers. It would allow us to occupy the E end of lush continent, along with our barb allies, who have 2 cities there. On the downside, it is awfully close to Athens, and would come with a barrel-load of unhappy citizens who yearn to rejoin etc... If we could just keep a bunch of strong units there until we can take Athens, we'd have our invasion plan up and running!
The city I'd most like to take and keep is Athens, but given that this looks horrendously costly until we have cats, then Corinth would be my next choice.
It was size 3 (iirc) the last time I saw it, coastal and from what we've seen so far, we would find it defended by a couple of archers. It would allow us to occupy the E end of lush continent, along with our barb allies, who have 2 cities there. On the downside, it is awfully close to Athens, and would come with a barrel-load of unhappy citizens who yearn to rejoin etc... If we could just keep a bunch of strong units there until we can take Athens, we'd have our invasion plan up and running!