A bit of help with Eprius?

[machinor]

Regarding elephants... you can train Elephantes Indikoi with lvl 5 factional MIC in your capital (and only there). If you have Athens, you should easily make enough money. Try to get a peace treaty with the Seleucids als they are a good trading partner in the Aigian Sea. You can also make peace with both KH and Makedonia and let them fight over the Peloponnes, like a sandbox experiment. :D
I personally am an Italian interventionist, so I always try to keep Taras and bring over an army from Hellas to Italy as soon as possible. Rhegion is one hell of a cashflow province since it already has completely built up mines (!!!) plus a good position for sea trade. When I successfully have Southern Italy under my control I usually expand into Sicily and take Syrakousai. After having achieved that, I usually have a nice Central Mediterranian Empire from where I can easily expand in every direction since I have a lot of provinces where I can train fairly good units (the phalangitai deuteroi are THE best compromise in the phalanx-section as far as cost/effectiveness goes) and which produce quite some revenue through mines and sea trade.

Man, I already feel like starting an Epeiros capaign right away. I love those green guys! :)


P.S.: Regarding units... use Illyrian Cavalry. They are reliable medium cavalry who do quite ok for their money with a fair charge and more important AP axes (!!) for close combat. Get them into close combat with other horsies and they'll chop down about every other cavalry in the region. They were the bane of the Romans in my Italian rampages. :) Retraining them can be a bit tricky if you're far away from your home provinces, though.