Fascinating development of Campaign: Pontos

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Fascinating development:

Other factions are supposed to become quite hostile as soon as they share a border. Well, Both Makedonia and Hayasdan have shared borders with Pontos for quite some time and the worst I have seen from them is hayasdan armies using Pontos as a throughway.

While AI in most cases is unpleasantly predictable, it can still surprise.

I have often shared borders with A.I factions for dozens of turns without them being hostile. I am playing as the Romani and I shared borders with the Adui for 40 years without conflict, but of course they were embroiled in war against the Averni. When that came to close I had an "Celtic Invasion".

In 223 b.c the Po valley got swamped by 5 full stacks of screaming gauls. I had kept my northern borders lightly garrisoned because of the good will between me and the Adui. But Luckily for me the consular army was having R&R in Rome, filling up the ranks after skirmish with Karhadast. Of course after a bloody battle the gauls were sent packing.