Arche Seleukeia "Grand Strategy"

[king of thracia]

On H/M I simply ceded Saka frontier to Baktria, thus at once seeing to the security of my subjects, keeping Baktria busy, and Alexander's legacy remains in Hellenic hands.

Fighting Parthia was easy with a few pantodapoi phalanx + lots of thanvare parsig imported from the south. I never lost any cities. I'm content to stay within my borders in the East. I actually decided to abandon the Parthian frontier so I could make use of my Mesopotamian troops who otherwise would never see battle (except for that time I reinstated the Hai Arkah). Toxotai Syriakoi are decent at archery and melee and Shipri Tukul with their secondary maces are Seleukid armored AP infantry. Cataphract killers

In the opening, I built roads (of course), disbanded most of the ragtag army and concentrated useful forces on dubious borders, recruiting some choice troops to shore them up. I looked over my rosters with the help of Recruitment Viewer and europabarbarorum.heimstatt.net, imagined the composition of my enemies' armies, decided exactly what kind of low level troops to tech to and concentrated on building up the necessary military infrastructure. Rest is recruiting and fighting and economic buildup to invincible juggernaut. Capturing and developing Cyprus and the southern Anatolian, Phoinike, and Ioudaoi coasts early is very lucrative.

I'm sure I could play on VH/M but I like a lull in the action and a realistic diplomatic situation. I can have time to exult in my glorious imperial army. I can sit on my throne in radiant repose