Mixed defense city

These cities are made for conquest worlds, but you can use them in revolt worlds too, if that's the case, then make more birs than DLU. Your goal is to build DLU and birs to support sieges and not to defend your cities.

Best islands:
+silver and regular wood or +wood and regular silver

Building priorities

Senate 24, in this level you can pick the special constructions;
Academy 22, to research bunks, FTS, and plow;
Farm Max, upgrade farm always, your army power is determined mainly by your farm level;
Resources max
Warehouse 20, to stock resources for building more troops
Market 10, to send unwanted resources to other cities(in fact it’s not a priority);
Barracks 30, to build your army faster. This is different, because you’ll probably not cast Population growth here;
Harbor 25, to build birs and FTS;
Temple 10-15, depend if you're going to send mythical units in your siege;
Cave 10, it’s cheap and costs 10 of population;
Wall 0;
Special building: Thermal Baths and Tower/Divine Statue(temple 12), more population and more defense or more favour.
Only upgrade your academy to 23 or higher if you have many resources.

Academy priorities

Archers, for a good sharp defense;
City guard, when you’re attacked, use your militia, with this research you have more “pop” defense;
Hoplites, for good blunt defense;
Villagers Loyalty, good for your first three cities;
Ceramics, extra 2500 store of resources;
Architecture, you will economize many resources;
Trainer, to build your army faster;
Birremes, to support sieges;
Conscription, to cheaper army;
Fast transport ships, transport ships are still horrible;
Bunks, makes your FTS useful;
Plow, free farm level basically;
Cartography, your naval attacks are faster.

PS: Support cities take a lot time to be build in a "good" level. I recommend to research horsemen and farm with them.