Quote Originally Posted by Long lost Caesar
glad to hear one of us is doing well. as for myself on the other hand, my blitz idea was a load of crap. iv taken less than 6 cities in turkey and im alredy getting worn down and revolted against. and heres the reeal kicker: when the settlements revolt they become seleukid settlements, and have about 1,500 troops in them. is there some way i can make them become eleutheroi settlements, or is there no way to change the outcome of the riots? much thanks.
I guess the revolts can be random, I don't know how or if one can predict whether a city will go rebel or to a previous owner. Kemozz is right, if circumstances allow - a handoff to Pontus, Armenia, or whoever would help.

Out of curiosity, what were those 1500 troops? I assume you destroyed all MICs in the city, so I wonder what the game engine puts in revolting cities like that... In any case, your blitz did serve a useful purpose, it'll be many years before AS can raise any halfway decent troops in those cities. And depending on location they may be good targets for spies and further revolts (if you also trashed the temple, sewers, and other +order buildings). The goal of a raiding strategy is not to hold territory, but simply to ruin it so they other guy doesn't benefit from it either. It sounds like you've accomplished that pretty effectively.