Strategic Decision-Making by the AI

[Tarkus]

Hi all,

Sorry in advance if this has been discussed before, but I couldn't even figure out how to seach for answers after having failed in a couple of attempts...

As I watch the game unfold during my Baktrian campaign -- the once mighty Romans now getting steamrolled by the Lusotannans, the Ptolemaics and Qartadastim locked in a ferocious battle in northern Africa, while the Saka and Pahlavans just mind their own business -- I become really curious about the actual ways in which the AI decides how to play each faction. What are the decision points for how the AI factions conduct themselves? Is this public knowledge, or carefully guarded secrets? Can anybody point me to existing information on this forum?

Just curious...thanks!