do you know, i've long suspected the AI of bending the laws of physics in such a manner...i held Naples as the Byz, with ships controlling (ie the sea area comes up green when you press V) all the sea areas around it. the French promptly invade me twice in a row with huge armies. there's no land route they can take. there's no sea route they can take. HOW????? unless they went via Sicily using Sicilian allied ships, which would involve moving throught two provinces in oen turn...i won anyway, but still...