Quote Originally Posted by athanaric View Post
As Makedonia, I bribed the tyrant of Pantikapaion with his whole province, city, and army for said sum. (Curiously enough though he died the very next turn and IIRC the notification said he had died in battle, although he stayed in his settlement and wasn't under siege.)
The eleutheroi governors are scripted to die if you bribe them. They aren't very useful either, for the can't move out of their city.

On another note, it would be quite cool to bribe Hiero of Syrakousai as the Koinon Hellenon, and be able to play with him. If you want, you should dig into the EBBS script txt file, and tweak it accordingly.