Rome total war economy and battle tips

Economy

During the beginning of Rome total war I suggest that you need to have the balance of your faction's money and military.To do this you would need a city where you have built good roads and markets so that more people could populate the city and when you have more people in your city, you would have more money due to taxes.

Tip

Turn tax rates in all cities to low so that more settlers would populate your city fast .

Build allot of ports because sea trade is the most profitable trade in the game.

Try to obtain trade rights with as many factions as you can. The more goods you would be able to sell , the more money you would be able to earn every turn.

Battle and territory

When at war with another faction at the beginning of the game try not to grow a huge armies because every unit you recruit would have an upkeep cost which will take a percentage of your income.

Small tip

try to only have a one or two armies in the beginning. One army which is recruited with your best general to conquer land and another for protecting the territory that you have conquered.

Battle strategies

Your in a battle and you are outnumbered 10 :1 how are you gonna send your troops and general to victory ?

You must set your infantry at the front with the strongest on your flanks and the less experience soldiers in the middle. This is because the enemy is likely to attack your army by the flanks.

tip

Always set our infantry to tight formation.

If u have archers place them behind the infantry at loose formation or if you have velites place them in the tighter formation infantry. This would make the missile attack more effective.

tip

Always put the fire at will button on for the archers and velites.

Now you have your army settled place your general behind the archers and wait for the enemy to attack.

Most of the enemies infantry will attack your flanks. Now while your enemy is attacking your flanks order your men to guard their position. Order your general and his Calvary men to ride behind the enemy and flank the infantry men flanking your soldiers. They would retreat almost immediately. Do the same to the rest of the infantry men attacking your soldiers and march your whole army to attack the remaining enemy ,slaughtering the barbarians!

Tip

if the enemy infantry men dont reatreat return you generalbehind them and ram them over again and again until they do.

This technique will save you your men and save you more money for just training small armies against huge ones.