Had an E/E campaign where I had the northern half of the map, and was just going into Turkey and North Africa, and the Scipii had the southern half. Pretty much the entire map was blue. I was starting to have riot problems, though.
Macedon can get good if one of their foes is held in check. Usually that does not happen, and they are one of the first five factions to get wiped out. Seleucia is usually the first.
If you don't use dogs, you can delete the stables, the fact that they are Roman or some other civilization's architecture affects public order. Even if you use dogs, and the stables are advanced, deleting them and building your own (only one level anyway) will help. And you can get some money back.