Are you sure cose I thought the devide between the two waring states was the salt mine/4 ways inn/ Zendar line. But then there was a Vaegirs city west of it.
In the RTW mod Jerky linked to, AI DOES capture towns. With my roman character, there ain't a single gallic town left, they all have been captured either by me or AI.
My entirely unbiased opinion is that 1066 does it better than the others, largely because they invented the feature. Yes, completely unbiased. I have no interest in 1066 at all. Yep.