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alexman
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Hunt Valley, MD
Jan 1970
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Meanwhile, back home things were not going very well. The Germanics or the Babylonians (or both) just discovered Theology, because its price dropped without any research from our part. Theology was the technology that was supposed to make us rich and yield Chivalry and Invention 4 turns ago, before Russ spoiled our plans with the world alliance against us.  Both Hammurabi and Hermann still refuse to acknowledge our envoy.
The Germanic forces are still harassing the northernmost towns of the Roman Empire. With the main bulk of the Roman army out of position fighting the Celts (among them, 11 Elite units, not counting the Elite*s), it seems quite likely that the walled town of Palmyra will fall to the barbarians next turn. Luckily, this town was founded by Roman settlers, so Caesar will allow his armies to get it back.
Oh, yeah, by the way, we got another leader. 
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alexman
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Arrian, you were right on both. Palmyra held, and the Army was killed. Are your real life initials RNG?
So let us review what Trajan's leadership did for Rome. He took command of three perfectly good Ancient Cavalry units and led them to Greece. When Cleopatra declared war on Rome, he actually lost hit points when killing a lone Egyptian Archer. Twice! The signs of his poor leadership were beginning to show, even before he set foot in Greece.
When he arrived in Greece, instead of fighting like a man, he avoided the Greek army, choosing to pillage the countryside and murder unarmed workers instead. When he was finally cornered by single hoplite unit, despite the odds being heavily in his favor, he lost half of his men in the costly victory, and had to run into the mountains and hide. These mountains were to be his final resting place, managing to kill just one swordsman unit while defending.
But even if he will be remembered as a coward, Rome would not have been the same without him:
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With his Ancient Cavalry Army lost, Caesar turned to diplomacy to save his empire. Babylon and the Germanic tribes finally accepted his envoy, and they both knew the secrets of Theology. No trades were possible with them, which is too bad because they had a considerable amount of gold in their treasury.
So Caesar agreed to pay them both gold per turn in exchange for peace and most of their treasury. That way they had something to lose if they decided to break the peace treaty, and Rome got some much-needed cash for upgrading Horsemen to Knights.
Egypt agreed to peace in exchange for an Invention-Theology trade. Caesar realized that he had let Rome fall very far back in terms of technology, as most civilizations already had knowledge of Gunpowder.
Finally, Rome’s trusted ally, Carthage, agreed to send some slaves to Rome along with the secrets of Chivalry, in exchange for Theology.
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alexman
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Our lax attitude towards research spending has left Rome far behind the AI in terms of technology. Perhaps it is time to catch up, as Greece has finally researched (or traded for) their first Medieval technology of Monotheism (other than their free tech).
So Caesar observes a window of opportunity for tech trading: Persia is the only AI that both has a technology that Rome lacks (Gunpowder), and doesn't have Education. He ordered an increase in science spending so that Education is going to be discovered next turn. Hopefully, Persia will not discover Education before that, and Rome will be able to make a trade for Gunpowder. Of course since everyone is at war with Rome, Caesar will first have to sign some temporary peace treaties (temporary because Greece will no doubt let them last one turn at the most, a fact that Caesar will have to exploit, as before  ).
By the way, note how the Germanics now have Printing Press, so they will be able to sell Celtic contacts to the Greeks. The age of Greek and Celtic isolation seems to be over.
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alexman
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Well Persia did trade for Education on the turn Rome discovered it, so the opportunity to give them Education for Gunpowder was lost.  Still, this DAR has lasted long enough, so Caesar was not going to give up on Gunpowder.
He first made peace with Persia, Egypt, Babylon, and the Germanics, getting all their cash in the process. These peace treaties eliminated the war happiness that Roman cities had been enjoying for centuries, but they also opened up trade opportunities with the Germanics and Babylon.
The Germanics were happy to give Rome some wine for Ivory and Silks, which helped erase the loss of war happiness. But the killer deal was with Babylon: Hammurabi had a right of passage agreement with Greece, which meant that some Babylonian troops might have been inside Greek borders, as these two empires are neighbors. Killing two birds with one stone, Caesar supplied Iron to Babylon in exchange for a military alliance against Greece and Gunpowder.
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Since we now have knowledge of Gunpowder, it’s time to move to DAR 2. Before we do that, let’s examine some future plans.
The plan for the Celts is to continue to farm them for leaders. We have a variety of Elite units around their territory, as well as nine Trebuchets. The Celts are still one of the least advanced AI empires, so we expect to continue to get leaders. Most of them will be used to rush city improvements like Universities, but it’s possible that one of them will move the Palace for a second time to improve the efficiency of the empire.
The Celts also have access to furs, so we will settle two towns up north to steal them. Due to the unreliability of the AI, it is necessary to secure luxuries that will not be lost after a sudden bribe by Greece. These towns will double as healing stations for leader-hunting troops.
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