152BC:



Pictured is the rump of the once-mighty Seleukid empire. The whole thing fits in one screenshot. Still they're doing a good job of holding onto what they've got, so credit to them.

Had a couple of CTDs in the AI turn, fortunately non-replicable, but just gave up on re-fighting a reinforcement battle for Numantia which CTD'd on victory. I'll worry about it tomorrow, it's late.

Still gearing up for wars in Africa and Greece, put an Italian general on a ship to land in Mauretania and hopefully pick himself up a mercenary army. Going all-Numidian, or as close as I can manage for him.

Saka and Baktria are no longer at war. Instead Baktria and Pahlava are having a go. Possibly because I gave Aria to the Parthians in the hope it would either rebel, or the Baktrians would want it back. Hopefully that should slow Pahlava's steamroller-ing of the Seleukids by diverting attention in the opposite direction.

The Sweboz seem paralysed by the appearance of the Casse in their midst. Don't seem to want to attack them, so they're now fighting the Arverni on that narrow shared border.

I pushed the Lusotanii back to southern Ireland, they'd taken the north and Scotland off the Casse. I'm going to give them Tylis in a bit, the Aedui Byzantion and the Getai Nikaia. Given the effort it's taking to micro-manage so many factions, I'm tempted to destroy Makedonia and Koinon Hellenon, and leave their old provinces that I won't take immediately as rebel. Only concern is a big swathe of rebel territory in Asia Minor might encourage Pontos and the Seleukids to start expanding there.

I'm not going to preserve Qarthadast, they've had their time in the sun. Plus nowhere I could really put them, besides making them Numidia, perhaps. Seems a bit much, though.