that map resembles what I did in my Makedonian campaign. After kicking the Koinon out of Greece, I was surprised when their army disembarked on the shores of Mytelene (sp?). I only had a family member there, so I pulled him out with my last ship and left the city defenseless. I tried giving the Koinon the town in exchange for peace, but they wouldn't even attack it for 10 years (no lie it was ridiculous).
After that I kept giving money to both the Koinon, Hayasdan, and Pontos to expand throughout Asia minor. I was pulling in atleast 20k a turn so I had no problem throwing cash around. The result is that I am currently marching through Egypt, working my way back to the North in order to knock out the AS's main cities before completing my conquest and hopefully ending the campaign