our Favor rating shows you what Caesar thinks of you.

With every new assignment you begin, your Favor rating starts at 50, which means that Caesar is neither pleased nor displeased with you. If you please him, the rating rises; if you displease him, the rating falls. It is important for you to understand that if you do not come to Caesar's attention at all in any year, the Favor rating falls slightly; out of sight, out of mind, out of Favor.

You can please Caesar in several ways:

Make strong progress towards achieving the overall objectives of the assignment.

Pander to Caesar's every desire. From time to time, you may receive a request from him. This may be for goods, or for cash, or even an army. He will always tell you when he wants this stuff, and getting it to him by then makes him much more pleased with you.

Send him gifts from your own personal savings. You can send a small, medium or large gift from your Emperor's Advisor. Beware excessive use of gifts, since Caesar has a tendency to take them for granted after a while. The first should be in proportion to your own personal wealth at the time.

Sadly, it is all too easy to displease Caesar. Try to avoid the following, which will cause him to think worse of you:

Poor progress towards the assignment objectives; Caesar does not like time to be wasted.

Ignoring a request from him. If you can't meet his deadline, it's still worthwhile to fulfill the request, although less beneficial than fulfilling it on time. However, failure to ever fulfill it is likely to make him very angry toward you.

Poor cash management. This is the single easiest way to anger Caesar. He respects sound use of the funds he has entrusted you with, but also expects you to make your cities contribute as soon as possible. Should he send you any specific instructions regarding your use of Rome's funds, try hard to follow that advice.

If you fall very far (a Favor rating of a meager 10 percent would be far enough, I fear) in Caesar's favor, he will remove you from office. He will send an army to enforce that, ordering the army to stay beside your city for up to one year. If you manage to please him enough in that time to raise Favor to 40, the army will return to Rome. Otherwise, the army will enter your city to claim back for Rome what belongs to her, and to place you under arrest. I would not recommend trying to fight the army, either; Caesar would not be amused.