Avoiding game over as Roman Republic?

[mrstevehazzard]

Hi there,

I thought a fun game to try would be playing as the vassal Roman Republic under Odoacer. It was nice trying to appease my Skirian overlord while making money and trying to remain Chelcedonian/Roman, but I ran into a snag: If Theoderic succeeds in his invasion of Italy, the Republic is kicked out of Rome so I end up with a game over.

Anyone have any tips for survival? I don't really want to use the console to end the invasion, but I'll do so if there's no in-game way to avoid this.

 

[g Paulus Caesar]

declare war somewhere else and take tht place move your republic capitol there

 

[loup99]

Hi there,

I thought a fun game to try would be playing as the vassal Roman Republic under Odoacer. It was nice trying to appease my Skirian overlord while making money and trying to remain Chelcedonian/Roman, but I ran into a snag: If Theoderic succeeds in his invasion of Italy, the Republic is kicked out of Rome so I end up with a game over.

Anyone have any tips for survival? I don't really want to use the console to end the invasion, but I'll do so if there's no in-game way to avoid this.

You can try to become independent at an opportune moment, in that case you won't be concerned by the invasion.

 

[killerbee256]

I became independent by declaring a war for independence immediately after the game starts. The western empire doesn't have enough troops to attack you. Odoacer quickly conquers the western empire but I'm independent due to my war against them making me a separate entity. At that point you could join Odoacer's Italy.

 

[Elminister]

Honestly it is a little wierd that the Republic is essentially destroyed by the end of the war, as historically the Roman Senate was still around well into the reign of Heraclius before it faded out of the historical record in the middle ages. It lost a lot of power by the time it disappeared essentially becoming an old mens club but it actually enjoyed a bit of a resurgence under Odoacer and Theodoric.

I guess it's just the result of the Cacus Belli that Odoacer uses that boots the Republic from its holdings and I'm not sure that it can be fixed. It's even stranger that the decision to restore the Senate doesn't appear unless you remove decision trigger for it to not exist in the first place

 

[Wong Kamyi]

Justinian, however, abolished virtually all senatorial offices in Italy.

Honestly it is a little wierd that the Republic is essentially destroyed by the end of the war, as historically the Roman Senate was still around well into the reign of Heraclius before it faded out of the historical record in the middle ages. It lost a lot of power by the time it disappeared essentially becoming an old mens club but it actually enjoyed a bit of a resurgence under Odoacer and Theodoric.

I guess it's just the result of the Cacus Belli that Odoacer uses that boots the Republic from its holdings and I'm not sure that it can be fixed. It's even stranger that the decision to restore the Senate doesn't appear unless you remove decision trigger for it to not exist in the first place