How to unify Italy before the Trait comes?

[Thaatu]

Would it be plausible to give Pella to Epirus at the start of the game? How much control did Pyrrhus really have in Macedonia? And is it true that Antigonus used Demetrias as his administrative capital over Pella?

[Reno Melitensis]

As Rome, after the fall of Taras, I decided to continue the war and invaded Epirus with a full Legion. Alexander took his full satalk army and marched into Macedon, but came face to face with Antigonus. It was easy to take Epidamnus, I massacred its inhabitants, destroyed every building and marched towards Ambrakia. Antigonus defeated Alexander, and the Epirotic leader marched towards Ambrakia. I offered them a ceasefire and to became a protectorate, but they refused, so I decided that it was not in my interest to leave them to Macedonic mercy, so Epirus was no more in 268bce. Ambrakia is a rich city which help my economy a lot, and the struggle between Hellenon and Macedon was more than interesting, its 228 bce and both are financially exhausted. Macedon is at war with Selucia too and manged to take some cities in Anatolia. Pergamon and Helicarnassus are still independent, having full stalks in their cities, Galatia revolted to the Arverni and another cities to the Hellenies.

One thing happened that I still found imposible to believe. The Selucids, early in the game conquered almost all the Ptolemaic territory up to Alexandria itself, but them Petra revolted to the Saba. This changed the course of events, the Ptolemies rallied and took all lost cities, reaching Damascus by 229bce.

Cheers.