Looks awesome! It seems like the AS will be crushed between the Blue Death and yourself
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I started a new Epeiros campaign about two days ago, because I had to re-install EB, sadly.
As you can see I've massacred the Makedonians and the Hellenes. They are now gone from the world. The last settlement that Makedonia had was Korinthe, in which they had a full stack including their faction leader, faction heir, and the rest of their family members. Next turn, Koinon Hellenon tries to invade Korinthe, but I strike back and take Sparte: End of KH.
I took Chalkis, bribed my way into Thermon (paid only 30 k O_o), and finally, led an assault on the ex-Makedonian stronghold of Mytilene. Now I had a foothold in Asia Minor.
I tried to re-take Taras, and succeeded, and I even controlled Rhegion and Arpi for some time, but the Romans struck back fierce, and re-took all three settlements.
Not too long afterwards, one of my younger family members completed his training in the Spartan Agoge. He took an army towards Byzantion, and that city fell beneath the Epeirote Kingdom as well.
Around 250 BC, I invaded the kingdom of Pontus, taking the city of Nikaia, and killing their faction leader at the same time. I was hoping I could avoid war with the Arche Seleukeia until Pontos was destroyed, but alas, a Seleukid army from Sardis marched towards the gates of Pergamon (which I had taken about 5 years before) and laid siege to the city.
Around that time, the Pontic warleader took the Galatian city of Ankyra. For myself, I raised an army in Demetrias, and set sail towards Sardis and Halikarnassos. I took both cities within the fall of the next year, and finally news arrived from Ambrakia. They had finished the Elite Epeirote Barracks.
Quickly I raised a new army, for my spies had told me that there was a huge Pontic army near the borders of Sardis. Along with a new member of the Epeirote family, Bios Aiakides, I took Chainion Agema, the elite Epeirote Phalangites, and Indikoi Elephantes, the terrifying beasts of the far Indus. [I found out you SHOULDN'T EVER try to use those things against Thureoporoi]
Near the city of Ankyra, a great battle was fought. The elite Molosson Agema flanked the Pontic phalanxes, and before long, their army routed, marking the beginning of the end for the Pontic Empire.
After that crushing defeat, I could quickly take Ankyra, and my spies had infiltrated the city of Sinope, leading to a rebellion against their former masters.
The way to the last standing city of the empire that Mithridates I Ktistes forged, lay open. With some units of my elite phalangites, the Elephantoi, and the Molosson Agema, I could take this city as well, for the glory of the Epeirote Kingdom!
And that's where I am now.
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