reappearing factions

[Martok]

Playing as the Byzantines once I had conquered all the Middle East and my Empreror was in Sicily besieging the Sicilian king in Palermo Castle. When the castle fell, although I already had a sea connection between it and my mainland, when the castle fell one of the buildings destroyed was the port. Since my king was cut off loyalty in Constantinople dropped from 170% on Very High, to 60% on Very Low taxes. It was the same accross the board (although recently conquered Arabia had only a small garrison but didn't rebel). I ended the turn and all my Empire and my Homelands were in full rebellion. The Egyptians reappeared in 8 provinces! So I did the only thing I could do. I went back to autosave. There I quickly moved my Emperor out of Sicily and revolution and reappearance was averted.

Heh. There's nothing like learning the heard way, is there? Yeah, I never take my king onto an island province anymore unless I already own it--and even then I don't do it more often than I have to. So playing factions like the Sicilians is a rather dicey proposition at times--although they do teach you to pay attention to your naval forces and not ignore their importance!