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The settlement of Massilia lies on the southern Gallic shore, but is in danger from Gaul. Once there is a chance, remove the garrison for Byzantium. We own a settlement on the Bosphorine Peninsula- Chersonesos (Cherson), which is garrisoned by Militia Hoplites and Scythian Horse Archers. Immediately improve the Barracks, and build a Port. It is able to recruit (it even starts with Barracks), but is isolated from other rebel settlements.
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Many of our settlements are Greek based our only city starts as Athens, a city well worth protecting. The settlement of Segesta is doomed by Rome remove the garrison and use them to reinforce Massilia. If it is possible at all, remove the garrison and traverse the steppes immediately north of the Caucasus, and take them by pirate convoy to Chersonesos or Byzantium. Phraaspa is in immediate danger from both Armenia and Parthia it is a waste of time to try and keep this settlement. Dumatha is well isolated by the Arabian Desert, but will eventually be annexed by Parthia, so perhaps removing the garrison to Palmyra is the best option. The city of Petra in Arabia Petra is also well garrisoned, but is unlikely to survive Egyptian attacks, so removing the garrison for Bostra, and then both garrisons for Palmyra is recommended. The town of Palmyra (what is to become to capital of the short lived Roman-Palmyrene Empire) is well garrisoned and is able to recruit, and is able to fend off early Seleucid attacks with good generalship, and maybe even Egyptian attacks, once more troops have been mustered. Both settlments are in danger, from Carthage and Numidia respectively, and both should draft their garrisons immediately to Cyrene. In the Sahara, we have Nepte and on the shore, Lepcis Magna. There are a multitude of rebel settlements in Arabia, but only two in Northern Africa. It is unable to recruit, but has a good garrison, and would benefit from sending it to Nicomedia and then Byzantium. The remaining barbarian rebel settlement is Ancyra in Galatia. The towns of Domus Dulcis Domus (home sweet home) and Vicus Venedae, in the western Steppe, are both well isolated from any factions by distance, but the Scythians will try for Venedae early on, so draft the troops from there to Domus, and if you can, draft both garrisons via pirate convoy to Bordesholm, once the land route via Gothi has been cut. Iuvavum is protected by the mountains, and the Cisalpine Gauls generally do not try to attack it only the Romans bother, so you can either draft the good garrison down to Segestica or Salona, or you can wait it out the former is still recommended, as with the weaker town of Lovosice in Bohemia. The villiage of Aquincum is threatened by the Dacians, so drafting the Illyrian garrison down to the safer towns of Segestica or Salona is recommended. Vicus Gothi, a village on the Polish north coast, is threatened early on by Vicus Marcomannii, so draft the troops over to Bordesholm for its defence. Bordesholm, although it starts as a village, is unable to recruit and starts with a weak garrison, is actually situated in lands (Tribus Saxones) that are prone to large numbers of brigand armies, so this town is worth defending, with these brigand armies, so this troop reservoir doesn't go to waste. Lugdunum, in a part of central Gaul (Lugdinensis), will not last for long, and cannot recruit, so again just pump the cash out of it and let it fall to the Gauls once the garrison has been drafted to Massilia. Tara is unable to recruit troops, and as it will last for a long time, keep pumping cash out of it. The town of Tara, that appears on Ireland (Hibernia), is well garrisonned by a force of three experienced warbands and the only rebel druid unit at the start. Our barbarian settlements are many, but few will stand for long. Yes, everything), but the able player would be happy to accept a slightly different mode of play in order to get the Rebel experience.
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The Rebels are a hard faction to win with (the winning condition is to take everything. We may be scattered and weak, but we are the only faction that cannot be destroyed! Our cities do not object they will happily empty their pockets for their freedom! All humans suffer the urge to rebel- and eventually, all shall join us! We are the independent states, bound to our own rules and ways of life, bound to our own gods and our blessed lands. But the Rebels are not merely rats that stalk the silk roads, or fanatical madmen who deserve but the best hemlock for their medicine. Some think of us as errant slaves mere animals who were created to just be a nuisance, rebellious, unordered, barbarous seperatists who deserve extermination and absorbtion.