Ptollies approaching, ... from the north?

[athanaric]

Actually, I've seen an even more incredible scenario - an Aedui diplomat bribed some Persian archers and HAs in Central Asia, and they walked all the way to Pannonia, and served as garrison troops there. The fascinating thing about this is that these are just the kind of troops that would come in handy for the Aedui!

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[Ca Putt]

cosidering the availibility of archers and Horse-Archers for aedui and the low level of armor amung the "barbarians" that's almost a smart move the AI did there :D

[SwissBarbar]

Oh my God, it's a revolution of the AI. Remember the terminator - movies or I. Legend

There's only one way to solve this. You all must play EB 24/7, and watch the AI

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

In my Seleucid campaign in which I was good friends with Makedon for quite some time, they became quite the Graeco/Balkan/Thracian powerhouse and were obviously making bank through trade with me. As it was, they sent numerous diplomats throughout my eastern territories sending back small halfstacks of Persian Archers, Arachosian Cavalry, Caucasian Spearmen among others. There was a steady stream of them moving through my lands but this was a good thing. Cut down on devestation in my provinces and got rid of pesky rebels blocking trade routes. Plus I RP'd it as my empire sending allied forces to Makedon to assist them in their wars in Europe.