As it should be...

[LordCurlyton]

I'm waiting for the Augustans to finish it all off. And big rivals would be fun in EB if the AI were smarter, but even the team has to obey the hardcoding.
Besides, I still have a few raiding targets to hit. I will paint the whole map red given time. The one good thing though is that the AI actually will recruit generals so I'll be fighting Eastern Merc generals + Catas + FMs = hurtin' on legions. Hooray bridges!
EDIT: Mainly the killjoy aspect of big rivals in the RTW engine is that after the first few big battles it is nearly impossible for the AI to recover. Once the manpower edge has been achieved by the human, it tends to stay there. And the autocalc still gives massive bonuses to FMs, way beyond what even I would find plausible.