Assassins - does the AI use any?

[Mori Gabriel Syme]

I have seen a few AI assassins, but I don't think I've lost anyone to them. The only unusual death I've had was to "disaster" mentioning something about the disfavor of the gods, so I assume a tree fell on him.

I had one Greek assassin park outside Artartaxes after I took it, but if he made any attempts on Julianus the Mighty, he was unsuccessful. Fortunately he stayed put for the two years it took my assassin Oppius the Killer to amble over & dispatch him.

[nokhor]

i had a big stack and was about to attack a greek city next turn that had a diplomat outside. my stack had 2 family members in it. when my turn came up again. i got the 'worthy life ends' message for both family members in that stack though they were 20 years apart in age and neither had plague. i attributed that to assassins.

[chemchok]

i had a big stack and was about to attack a greek city next turn that had a diplomat outside. my stack had 2 family members in it. when my turn came up again. i got the 'worthy life ends' message for both family members in that stack though they were 20 years apart in age and neither had plague. i attributed that to assassins.

I've had similar suspicious deaths. I suspect that you can have a family member assassinated and, depending on the success rate of the assassin, only be told it was a natural death at the start of the turn.