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    You look bigger and better than them. If they have lots of phalanxes my suggestion is to build lots of legionary heavy infantry supported by at least three units of Prodromoi (Thraikoi are the best) or some good flanking cavalry. Focus your power on routing a few phalanxes and their auxiliaries first, bypass the rest and do it methodically during battle until they are all dead. Don't engage them unless you plan on taking them soon, since the toll will be heavy.

    Drag the Sauromatae into your war: HA's are certainly their achilles heel, besides it will cause them further distraction while you plan on beating them seriously. Pay them as much gold as they demand since your economy should be robust by now.

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    Empires are not all about lands, mind you. The AS might seem smaller, but that may also not be the case, as a great deal of the east isn't shown on the map Mulceber posted.

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    ^ Maion is right. The map he posted barely even covers Saudi Arabia...and the AS silver death empire stretches all the way to India. It's at least 3-4x bigger than what's shown in the map.
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    Nice map!
    Thanks

    You defeated the Germani juggernaut?
    well, there's actually 2 provinces left, but they actually weren't that hard this time around - I've fought them when they're really difficult and THAT was a nightmare.

    Drag the Sauromatae into your war: HA's are certainly their achilles heel, besides it will cause them further distraction while you plan on beating them seriously. Pay them as much gold as they demand since your economy should be robust by now.
    Good idea. I may try to do that - although I've tried bribing them in the past as well, and it hasn't work...maybe it's time for a little forced diplomacy... Although on the flip side, that will likely leave the Sauromatae able to contest land in Asia Minor/Mesopotamia, and I'd rather keep that land for myself. It might work to drag Pahlava and the Hai into the war though...

    The AS might seem smaller, but that may also not be the case, as a great deal of the east isn't shown on the map Mulceber posted.
    Very True - in my game they stretch all the way to India, although they're having their territory there contested by Pahlava. Sorry if the map I posted gave the wrong idea about their size. -M
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    There's no need to be sorry. Where did you get that map from, actually? Just curious...

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    Where did you get that map from, actually? Just curious...
    I just googled "Mediterranean Blank Map" and got this:

    http://www.utexas.edu/courses/greekh...rraneansea.gif

    then photoshopped it to represent the cities and factions in EB. -M
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    Excellent, thank you very much!

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