New York City	
Caesar in the New World -- Level 3 of 10
AD 600

Congratulations on your success in Nova Scotia.  The timber exports from the colony you established have made possible the greatest fleet of trading ships the world has ever known.  The time has come to start shipping more of the riches of the new world back to the port cities of the old empire.

Farther to the south, slightly south of Rome itself for that matter, our explorers have located a great natural harbor where two rivers flow around an island, called Manhattan by the local inhabitants.  This is an ideal location for both trade and fishing, and you will also find it much better for farming than your previous locations.  You are to establish the largest Roman city yet in the new world, with 6000 inhabitants.  Because of the abundance of raw materials, you should have no difficulty in making it profitable.  No fewer than seven Roman cities are prepared to trade with you, though at prices that are appropriately high to reflect the costs of crossing a great ocean.  Choose your first trading partners carefully, for the Emperor expects your city to become self-sufficient as soon as possible.

The northeastern district (Bronx) and southeastern district (Brooklyn) are both occupied by native tribes who will enhance your trade income once your missionaries have persuaded them to cooperate with your regime.  Be warned though, that disaffected locals, who left the city after our initial attempts to pacify this region, will be back at your borders in both districts, and they have enlisted the support of a group of local savages who, though no match for our trained legions, will arrive in force from time to time.  Additional threats can be expected near the main entry point to the city, out of the lawless district known to the locals as North Jersey.  In spite of these threats, you should not need your full complement of cohorts to keep the city safe.

The Emperor is counting on you to ship a wide variety of surplus goods to Rome on a regular basis.  Do not disappoint him.  I tried without success to persuade him that he is asking for too much in the early years, especially considering the meager funds that he is providing, but in the long run you should be able to satisfy him.  Be thankful that he has set only modest goals for prosperity and culture. Perhaps he fears that this city has the potential someday to dwarf Rome itself and therefore prefers to keep it a plebeian metropolis