Quote Originally Posted by Hax View Post
Do you honestly believe I have any intent of destroying the Ptolemaic empire? Ptolemaios I was a good friend of Megás Alexandros himself, as was Seleukos.
You have fought nigh-constantly for the past 50 years, you with the sole goal of vanquishing the noble Ptolemaioi, as you did to Lysimachos. What makes you think that such enmity will just disappear?

Quote Originally Posted by Hax View Post
D Furthemore, the way you honestly believe you have the right to divide my empire between Pontos and Hayasdan, who are both my allies which I will gladly support if any foreign power would try to subjugate them.
Hah! If anyone is subjugating, dear Basileus, it is you. You force these noble Shahs to prostrate before you, whether officially or not. I offer them freedom, liberty and rewards.
And I have as much right to divide up an Empire as your grandfather did. Rather than bowing to the one true king, Alexandros Aegos, you betrayed the Grandson of Zeus!

Do you honestly think that Seleukeia herself, which was founded by Seleukos Nikator himself would be granted to the Ptolemaioi? How about Antiocheia, named in honour of our king Antiochos. This will not ever happen, as brave Makedonians fought and died for our lands.
And brave Makedonians will continue to die in your lands until the Arche is destroyed. And what of the names of your cities? Sure, they may have been built by past Emperors, but that would not stop me from gifting them and the land between them to the Ptolemaioi in return for their aid.


It were we who cast out the Galatian invaders and saved the east from the Gallic threat.

It was the combined might of Ptolemaios, Seleukos and Lysimachos who threw down Antiochos Monophtalmos who sought to usurp Babylon, Ekbatana and Susa.

Where was Baktria in all this? Can you answer this?
Yes, we can. The bravest Hellenes of all moved out not to Syria, Mesopotamia, or Persis, but to Baktria. There, for the past 50 years we have toiled against tribes such as the Dahae, Saka and Haomaovarga, defending fellow Hellenes in far off Seleukeia. Whilst you were engaged in petty squabbles and civil cionflicts, we were fighting wars which were deciding the fate of Hellenes everywhere. Did we receive recognition, or gratitude? Not once! How can you claim to have a right to rule us when your ancestors treated us so callously?


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Also, the way you dare to take the lands of the Nabataean peoples who have lived freely and friendly to the heirs of Alexandros will not be met friendly by those peoples. So, friends, I ask you;
Everyone knows that were you given the opportunity, you would snap up those lands in an instant. The incense trade is a valuable one, and one many men desire. Oh, and were we to stop fighting, then controlling those Barbaroi will be easier than outwitting a Galatoi.


At what will Theodotos stop in his lust for lands? If he does indeed destroys the Arche, which is a laughable idea, he will turn to the Kings of Pontos and Hayasdan next!
A fair point I may say, and one which a mind such as yours would easily come to. However, as you can see, in my proposal, my borders touch neither Hayasdan, nor Pontos, making my threat to their lands non-existent. However, the Arche is very close to both Shahdoms, and poses a much more imminent and realistic threat than noble Baktrians ever will.