How do you handle your city garrison as Rome?

[-=Sigma=-]

Currently I'm using 4 Roman Antesignani (Pre-M) for each city and on the borders with heavy traffic I stack my cities with the max and a General.

Is this is the best way to do this? Any advice is appreciated, thanks.

[Brain_in_a_vat]

The least amount of troops possible, obviously. As long as the city is content, unless it's a frontier city, in that case as many troops as the city can hold. In cities like Rome sometimes I have just a governor.

[Fridericus Rex]

I have two of the cheapest skirmisher unites in each city. A general only in the most important recruiting cities (important for population increase when enslaving conquered cities). Normal taxes - works fine.

[Centaurion]

I have 1 Governor and 2 units of the cheapest troops I can find in each city. In addition I have 9 cohorts of Evocatii in each major region (Italy, Greece, Gaul, Spain, Africa etc) to kill the rebels that spawn, and to act as a delaying force if I get invaded. Taxes are all set on high.

In contested frontier regions, I have a full legion on garrison duty in a fort close to the border in order to discourage an invasion.

[The Doubtful Guest]

Most cities I just keep a few antesignani guys along with some of those post-retirement legionnaires. As for my frontier cites, it's pretty much the same thing but I'll most likely have legions in the area any ways.

[-=Sigma=-]

Awesome thanks, this helps me so much.

[C-Rob]

general and a skirmisher just incase he dies... In Rome and other cities with the highest level of education buildings and temples I have younger generals and governors in training. Sometimes a huge amount of them...

[vinnyvedivici]

I find it most efficient to have only a governor in every city. Rather than have the extra 2-4 units per city I just fill a stack and put them in a central location. I then use them to defeat brigands that pop up or as a reserve unit if my front lines need assistance. For my frontier cities I prefer to have them empty as well, happiness allowing of course. Instead, I usually keep my forces in key locations in forts (although I am occasionally lazy and just leave a stack in the city lol) this makes your force much more mobile and more efficient.

[Meethos]

I generally will go about 4 veterans post Marian in cities with a governor. In Italy I usually make 3 home defense armies so I don't need big garrisons: a praetorian one near Rome, and 2 auxilia armies one in the north and one in the south.