Fascinating development. I started my first post patch campaign as the Julii. I've sent diplomats all over the map trading maps and signing alliances. I was surprised to see the Seleucids still in possession of all of their territory two dozen turns in. I was even more surprised to find them allied with Egypt. Anyway, I'm now over 70 turns into the campaign and Armenia declared war with the Seleucids and for some reason Egypt sticks by the Seleucids. This starts me to wondering just who the Egyptians are fighting. In west Africa they share a border with Carthage with whom they are not at war. To the North their territorial borders are below the Seleucids. They border no other factions. Now I'm really curious so I pull up the diplomacy screen and go look to see who the Egyptians are at war with. The answer? No one. They have only one ally: me. But wait, what about the Seleucids? Well, it would seem the Seleucids are a protectorate of Egypt. That's right, the Seleucids, still in control of every single one of their original provinces and with massive stacks of troops all over Asia Minor, are a protectorate. Weird.

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