I'm playing as the Romani and its 235 BC or so. I'm currently in a state of cold war with Carthage (what's left of their African settlements are harmless desert towns and I have naval dominance so their Iberian and Corsican armies are pinned) and in active war with the Aedui (sp?) and Sweboz. The AS have become absolute beasts, crushing the Ptolies to the point where they own Egypt proper and even declaring war on Carthage. Now I have the Gallic war well in hand and have begun to move on the Sweboz, but even so I'm looking at potentially another several decades of war before they will accept a ceasfire of any sort (and I plan to crush the Aedui absolutely, as I have the Arveni). However, I'm practically terrified of the thought of heading east now, because the AS will by that time most likely have polished of the Ptolies and turned on Pahlava and Baktria. Only Makedonia has a chance to resist as they now own all of Greece and most of the Getai lands and have been exchanging territories in Asia Minor with the AS for some time now. So what is to be done? If I didn't have the wars going now that I did I'd load up several legions and march over right now but as is my forces are all occupied. What can I do?
Also, are the Sweboz supposed to expand like that? They have 20-something territories now, a little more than me actually, as they've just steamrolled the puny Eleutheroi towns around them while the Aedui and Arveni battered at each other instead of getting any of the town around them. While their eastward expansion is likely to slow down soon since they are starting to reach all those nomad settlements with those nasty HAs it is still gonna be one hell of a fight with them. Good thing I still have the positive income to support another 2-3 full stacks of quality troops since I'm gonna need them...
Anyways any help on any aspect of my situation (esp the grey elephant which is the AS) would be appreciated. If their is something I could have done earlier don't hesitate to let me know as well. Thanks in advance. I'll post a screen when I get the chance to show what I mean.