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Quote[/b] (Cazbol @ April 01 2003,10:08)]If you're close to being the most powerful faction then you'll have a very hard time finding allies. Are there any factions that are more powerful than you?

A word of advice. Learn from my experience and take prisoners. Generals that kill prisoners get bad vices which lower the morale of their men significantly.
It depends on how many you kill and how often. Some killing is actually quite good, the butcher vice is an upgrade for any medieval general.

As for being constantly at war once you are the most powerful faction, (or situated in a crossroads spot between Islam and Christendom as Byzanz is) that is very true. I think it actually is part of the AI to act that way. But it shouldn't pose much of a problem for a crafty ruler.