


My suggestion is the conquest of Dacia, at least until you have the marian units (most eastern factions have a lot of projectile cavalry units). When you finished with both of them, you can go against Thrace to the north-east, Dacia to the north-west or the Seleucid Empire to the East. If you capture their settlements quickly, you will have a really nice income, as the greek cities are really profitable.

Your first targets will be the greeks and the macedons. The temple of Mars will give your units more experience, and the temple of Mercury will give you extra trading income. One really interesting thing about this faction is that they have two useful temples. They have two settlements two: Tarentum and Croton. With one of this objectives completed, you should be able to go against rome and conquer it. Believe me, if you manage to conquer spain, you'll be in an excelent economic position due to all the mines and resources that settlements have.Īfter the conquest of the germans and britons settlements in the continent, you can choose to conquer the british isles or go against dacia. After you finished with the gauls, you'ññ be in a 2 front war, against spain in the south-west and the germans/britons in the north. As the barbarian settlements cannot reach high levels and often they don't hae many population, you should quickly siege every settlement that could help you to recruit some troops (and also will prevent the apparition of strongest units). You first objective should be the conquest of the gauls, as their cities are often defended by some light infantry units. Their main goals are the gauls, germans, britons, spain, dacian and some little conflicts with Carthage. The Julii faction starts in northern Italy, with two settlements: Arretium and Ariminium. I suggest you to watch the positions of each faction and the suggested strategy before choosing a faction This guide will try to explain the faction starter positions and the strategies in order to expand your empire. In the third and last moment, you should conquest Rome, while trying to maintain your settlements due to rebellions and low public order

In the second moment, your main goal should be the conquest of the weakest factions near you, so you can strong your position against possible attacks. In the first one, you should quickly upgrade your settlements (population growth) and also conquer near rebel settlements to expand your empire. The game can be separated in three crucial moments. The second mode are the battles, where using the correct unit in the correct moment is the key. Your main objective here is get the best profit possible and get the best technologies quickly. The first one is the management of your cities across the map. Rome: Total War is a strategy game with two separated (but fundamental) modes.
