How do i conquer citys over sea's on rome : total war?

Question

ive conquered the whole of italy and ive baracaded some greek ports over the sea (im the house of juli) and i want to know, what do i do now? how do i progress, ive built everything for my citys aswell.

also how do you stop riots? most of its because of the new roman laws =S?

Answer 1

Ok so you've built all your improvements for current cities and your blockading some greek ports. First go to any of your cities and build a boat or several boats (the more the better incase you get involved in a sea battle). Once you have your boats built, move an army out of your city and then right click over the boat (a boat and arrow sicon will appear). Your army will move into that boat. Then direct your boat to Greece or any other country by sea and then right click over the land (a boat and another arrow icon will appear, an x will appear when it is not possible to land in this area). Your army will move out of the boat. You'll now be in Greece ready to crush the hopilites or in the other nation you chose to invade!

To stop riots - usually switching to a growth build policy will temporarily stop riots. Also if you have a large garrison of troops in your city, move them out, let the town rebel - then next turn besiege it. Retake your town and exterminate the population- you'll get good gold and stop the rioting. Another thing is your governor may have negative traits which are decreasing public order in the town. Move him out and switch to a default policy using the "golden arrows". (You can check your commanders stats by right clicking over his unit card)  Also if a commander on your map has exceptional influence and management as well as traits that increase public order/law he could be replaced with your current governor - thus supressing riots or stopping them altogether. It is best to upgrade your cities as soon as possible. If your population in each city isn't 24,000 then you still have more upgrades! Once the population hits 24,000 you'll be able to build an imperial palace. Try to contruct buildings that increase public order or law after this, like the hippodrome. I find moving my garrison out of the city, letting rebels take over and then killing the rebels plus exterminating the town the most effective. Unfortunately when you have lots of towns it becomes a bit repetitive. Hope I helped