Time: 237-ish BCE.

Politics:

At war = Dacia (betrayed alliance), Scythia (betrayed alliance), Macedonia (betrayed alliance, signed cease fire, signed alliance, betrayed alliance again), Seluecia (betrayed alliance), and all of the Roman factions.

Neutral = Greece (attacked me, signed cease fire when only Rhodes was left in the Aegean), Egypt (attacked me, signed cease fire after losing two 3/4 stacks in Anatolia, Armenia, Germania.

Allies = Pontus (no further West than Ancyra), Gaul, Briton, Spain (eradicated by Gaul, Carthage and the Julii).

Income & Forces: Doing nicely. Can't build everything (but getting stuff built) but each city has a half stack garrison (50% real troops) and I have a 3/4 stack cavalry army in Getae, and Full stack infantry forces in Anatolia and Thessalia and I am still netting 5k+. Lots of mercs in the Cav army and as "the shot" in the infantry forces.

Territories:

Start + Byz, Byza, Lari, Therm, Ath, Cor, Spar, Kyd, Hali, Sard, Perg, Nico.

Approach: Did not initiate war, built alliances with all neighbors. Took Byz, Nico, Hali, Kyd, then Spar with my intial attack army. Force structure too weak to fight further (so Mac and Scy instantly attacked). Slowly fought for and took Cor, Therm, and Ath, then rebuilt and took Lari (Bruti after Thermon, bloodily repulsed, assassins going to Appo). Byza snapped up by plagued war hero, Sardis acquired after Selkie betrayal.