Quote Originally Posted by overweightninja
In regards to giving southern Egpypt to the Saba, be careful. I did the same thing in a Kart-Hadast campaign a little while ago and the Saba were unable to keep order and hold anything north of Meroe, the troops spawned from the rebelling cities actually ended making the Ptollies more powerful than when I started :(
Syria is a good place to start stealing settlements...
Cheers
I noticed this the turn after I'd given them away; I added some Hellenic Native Spearmen and once they'd stopped depleting the garrisons it stuck. Long as they hold the deep desert, I think that's enough. Especially since the Ptolemies also lost much of Syria too. And Cyprus.

Here's what I did to them:



I've also been moving their armies away from anything dangerous, like conquering Seleukid Syria or regaining the desert provinces.