Only some tips as i playeds this GREAT game for years
Chariot race: Take a light one drive to the right and push the left mouse button to increase speed ... when you reach maximum speed stop using the left mouse you will need the strenght of the horses for maximum speed later one perhaps! Never move over the white line showing in the speed battle ... if you do chariot will broken in curves ...
You could also buy a bigger chariot and try to ram other chariots
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About Alliances: Will only work if the other countrys see your strength! So you have to come with consular army maxed with all soldiers (6000 soldiers, 600 horses) There are only some countrys who will made alliances:
Hispania, Great Britain, Dalmatia, Alpes, Mauretania, Egypt, Arabia, Armenia, Pontus, Greece, syria and the hugh land in the middle north (forgot the name)
Hint for gladiators show: You have to bring the happyness to max ... thats quiet easy and cheap: take the worst gladiator and as enemy the worst fattest tiger, than go near to tiger but not as near as you could ... than block (down button) tiger will try to hit you, but miss because you are too long away, but tiger also won't move on because you are near enough (must be a bug or so?
) anyway, after about 2 mins, happyness is max, than you can hit tiger 5-10 times until he is dead
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Worst Enemys: Parthia (2400 horsewarriors) and Scythia (1800 horse warriors), egypt (120 war elefants) carthago (80 war elefants and 600 horses)
Thats all ... have fun!
Mydgard