EB 1.0
Makedonia 226 BC

I first kicked the Koinon out of Athens and Sparta (that last one was a lucky shot) with my starting armies. Thanks to those cities my economy was saved and when Pyrrhus came back (he didn't besiege me in 272 but Epeiros attacked Pella with a small army some years later) I could kick him back and later field an army large enough to destroy the Epeirote field army and take their capital. I didn't want to destroy them so waited a number of years before I kicked them out of Greece. Since then they've taken over most of the Italian peninsula -without any help.
My diplomats made contact with most nations and I've supported most of them with 500-1000 mnai a turn. I think it helped Pontos and Pahlava a fair bit.
Untill 5 years ago, I hadn't attacked a single faction safe the ones at the start. But then the Seleucids attacked me so I took Issos. Now I'm at war with the Koinon and the Ptolemaioi.
Allright: the surprises of the AI:
Casse had a very slow start but now they have a fullstack waiting to conquer more of the British Isles.
Sweboz never got of the ground and never accepted my mnaigifts. They have a fullstack but don't do anything with it.
The biggest suprise: Aedui. Not only did they hold Mediolanum for decades (the romans only captured it 10-15 years ago) they also conquered the towns under and below it (prolly the romans got the town in the first place)
Since then the Aedui have conquered most of Gaul and now they've started a war with the Lusotanna.
Next suprise: Epeiros. I've kicked them out of Greece but they managed to conquer most of Italy from Taras. Impressive rebound.
The Koinon finally managed the same. They were confined to Rhodos but then entered a war with the Ptolemaioi where they captured Hallicarnassos, Ephese and Sidon.
Lusotanna conquered most of Spain but are now facing the fiercesome gauls.
Carthage captured Africa and Sicily (despite epirote attempts to capture it) but don't seem to do anything more)
Ptolemaioi and AS kept each other at bay, but now I'm entering the fray and will disrupt the balance.
Pontos is a pretty decent nation, and Hayasdan has the Caucasus firmly under control.
Pahlava was going nicely untill Baktria decided to attack. They're a client kingdom now, as is Saka Rauka.
And Rome? Well they lost their homelands and are now stuck betwee Gauls, invincible rebels, me and Epeiros. Things are not going good for them.