User Guide

CAESAR II
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GENERAL CONCEPTS
MONEY
Money is what makes everything in the game happen.
It pays for construction, labor, and defense, and it
appeases the Emperor. The unit of currency in
Imperial Rome is the Denarius — the plural (and
hopefully you will have more than one) is Denarii. The
amount of Denarii you have in your coffers will be
displayed at all times in the upper right corner of the
City Level and Province Level screens. Your Denarii
will be stored in your Religious Buildings, and can be
stolen if security is low.
You have two sources of income: Population Taxes and
Industrial Taxes.
Population Tax is a percentage of each household’s
income. Both population size and housing quality
determine population tax. The higher quality houses
contain people with higher incomes, who pay more
taxes. You should work to increase your population and
develop your housing to maximize population taxes. Be
careful: if you raise taxes too high, people will not want
to live in your city, your population may drop, and the
public may hold it against you for a long time!
Note: Population is a key component of city success.
Most of your ratings will be affected to some extent by
your population. Work hard to make your city a
desirable place to live!
Industrial Tax is a percentage of the earnings of your
businesses, which come from output. Each business in
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