Where to build Temples????

[Arralen]

rsolow said:
If, for example, I have my maximum dominion in Province-A and also have maximum dominion in all surrounding provinces, as I understand the dominion spread rules there is no advantage to putting a temple in Province-A (b/c temple-check dominion spread can only effect the province in which the temple is place or 1 of the surrounding provinces).

Successful temple checks result in "Dominion blobs" which wander around unless they find a place to settle, i.e. a province with low or enemy dominion. This could be several provinces away .. . At least thats was the programmer told when I asked how in Dom2 my dominion could spread into a province 5(!) hops away from my border ....
AFAIK, the dominion system has not been changed in Dom3.

Thus, if I am trying to combat the dominion spread of my opponents, I should build my temples near the front lines or in provinces with opposition dominion?

Yes, nevertheless: If you build all your temple into the center of your empire, you'll have max dominion there first, and only after all provinces are "filled up" the dominions will really spread into enemy provinces. With a temple at the border, there's at least a chance the "dominion blob" travels into an enemy province, so that you get a chance of increasing your dominion there now, instead of 20 turns later when your mainland is 'overflowing' ...