Did a bit of searching and found some advice on how to start building provinces as an early Rome.
But, I have tried 4 different games and everyone so far my butt is handed to me by my enemy to the east and north. They overwhelm my Army.
My last battle I was fighting elephants.. and they had a 3/4 stack with more than a 1/4 stack as their backup, and that is just the nation to the east.
The army to the north has almost a full stack.
I start amassing my army within a few turns, but they suck my income down tremendously.
I haven't played in quite awhile (obviously there has been some changes in the past year).
Only sub mod I am using is the faster battles. But the numbers alone grind me into the ground.
Help?