Automatic city razing?

[socialgenius1]

I recently started to play C3C again, so I've forgotten if this is a bug or not. As China, I conquered a city from the Romans with my warrior but instead of being captured, the Roman city was automatically razed! I reloaded and attempted to conquer it using a chariot instead but I still had the same results.

For the game rules... I had Domination, Space Race, Diplomatic and Conquest Victories turned on, as well as Culturally Linked Start Locations, Respawn AI Players and Allow Cultural Conversions.

Would you guys know how to resolve this situation? Thanks!

 

[pol1]

AFAIR if the town has 1 pop and less than 10 culture (no culture expansion yet) it will be auto-razed.
towns with >1 pop and towns on higher level of culture won't be automatically razed.

 

[Desertsnow]

That is correct, size 1 with no expansion.

 

[vmxa]

One more possible non raze, if the town has your pop. IOW recaptured.