The Dead Forgive

[Aemilius Paulus]

that's a laaarge empire... will you try to conquer the world?

Bah, my current (and ongoing) 1.1 Romani empire is larger. I did not expand as far into AS, stopping at Kabalaka-Phraaspa-Ekbatana-Susa-Charax line, but I have conquered all of Africa and Europe, including Eastern (Except Britain, Scandinavia, and modern-day Russia). I was going to conquer the world, but now I'm not so sure... The corruption is simply gargantuan. I cannot stand the sight of all of those cities making negative income. Grrrh!

Also, I did not know that one could obtain peace with a faction by allying with their ally. I only thought you could break alliances if you invade a faction that is allied to you ally.

[Connacht]

I only thought you could break alliances if you invade a faction that is allied to you ally.

This also reminds me that if a Seleucid player attacks in the first turn their Pahalavan "allies" there is a chance to see the Bactrians break their alliance with them instead of AS.
Nice thing if you want to avoid the two factions to ally against you - until the moment when the crappy AI will start to recite "attack the player, attack the player, attack the player! even if he's your faithful and powerful ally" in its own mind.