Quote Originally Posted by Urnamma
This is, I think, a rather silly way to play. Try roleplaying a little bit, and try to make the game behave like real civilizations. Nobdody takes something over and then says 'well, you guys, from 2,000 miles away, you take it for a bit'.
Actually, I was honestly thinking of doing that with Syracuse. I've been considering giving it to the allied Greeks as an alliance bargaining chip or something, then grabbing it back when I decide the time is right to whomp them. But that's not quite the same as giving it to the landlocked Yuezhi or the Britons. The Greeks were navally capable, and since Athens made a try for Syracuse, it's not unbelievable.

It's all about plans within plans, as Piter deVries might have said.