Empire running

[Avicenna]

I've just thought of something which could be interesting in an AAR:

To 'legitimise' the Roman conquests, some foreign generals could be 'persuaded' to join and act as a pretender to the throne. Example: buy an Antigonid with reasonably low Charisma and Intelligence (easy to control) and then use him as an 'excuse' to declare war on Macedon, to claim his rightful throne, and install his family as governors there.

A list of contenders would be:
- an Athenian or Lakedaimonian for the 'real' Greeks
- an Antigonid for Macedon
- a descendant of Ptolemy for Egypt
- a descendant of Seleukos for Selucid, Hayasdan, Pontic and Bactrian lands
- a Molossos for Illyria
- a descendant of the god-king for Gaul
- a Barcid for NW Africa
- a Corleone for Sicily