In my first scipii campaign, i left Macedon alone while I went after the remaining Greeks and Pontus in Asia. When I finally turned on Macedon a wayward fleet noticed that they (macedon) had cyrene. So I sent a fleet /w army, and told the army to move to the city (took em 3 turns). By the time they got there, it was Egyptian again, and then I had to fight Egypt before Thrace, which was alot harder, but much more rewarding.