SPQR vs. Rome?

[Cheezy the Wiz]

So I recently reinstalled RTW. To win the Imperial Campaign, I decided to play as the Brutii, whom I never had played as before. It was very interesting. But that's not the point. When my popularity with the masses was unmatched, and I made my move on Italia, the Senate naturally banished me. Seems fair enough, I am trying to usurp their power.

So the three Roman factions declare war against me, etc etc I know this is what they do every time.

Well about two turns later, SPQR also banishes The Scipii.

Weird.

That same turn, it also banishes the Julii.

This is just insane.

So now I'm at war with the Scipii and the Julii and the Senate, who are also at war with all of eachother. A true Roman Battle Royale.

Why on Earth would the Senate DO this, though?

As an aside, I would make peace with the Scipii the next turn, and we together gangbanged the known world.

 

[Captain2]

maybe they did something to upset the senate, were they popular?

 

[shortguy]

I think that's standard practice. I guess the reasoning is that, with you powerful enough to attack the Senate, the other factions feel that they can't bide their time any longer and have to make their move too.

 

[Sashie VII]

I've never noticed that before, actually. But then I've not played RTW for a long while now.

 

[civverguy]

The other faction were probably also powerful enough to attack the senate. How many provinces did they have?

 

[BEHIND_THE_MASK]

Its supposed to be a Roman Civil War I believe... Well its a full out Civil War now, I'd be happy...

Persoanlly I've never reached the point of taking Rome... In Fact, the only time I've taken Rome was when I was the Greeks leading two armies (one Allied) one of Spartans, Cavalry and Armored Hopites, the other mainly being missles... the one I was leading had some onagers I got when I took Alexandria.

 

[Macha]

It happened to me aswell, the Julii stayed with the senate and the Brutii joined me (as the Scipii) against them

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

This also makes me wonder: if you bide your time, will the other factions eventually make a move for Rome in the same way you are supposed to?

Also, if your popularity with the Senate is unmatched, can you also win Octavian style, by being made Dictator for Life?

 

[Macha]

If you leave until there is only 10 turns left (there is a time limit from 1.3 patch onwards) yes, they do.

 

[Murky]

The civil war is the best part of the Roman campaigns. That's when things get more challenging. I think the Brutii have a slight edge over the others because they often control all of Greece and Macedon by then. Those cities are worth a more than the ones the others usually take. Their temples also grant XP bonuses so that should give them a bit of an edge in combat.

I'm currently playing the Julii campaign again. Instead of taking over Gaul, Germania, Spain and Briton, I took 3 cities from Carthage before the Scipii could reach them. We won the battle of Carthage with a just a stack of the early roman units and two generals.