Quote Originally Posted by Callicles
... As Pontos it is good to have cash on hand in case trouble strikes...
Yeah on reflection you've nailed it here.

Pontos has such a long land border you simply can't maintain enough forces to meet threats, so a war chest is vital, more so than for any other faction.

You have an eastern front in the direction of Armenia: if you wipe them that just opens the door for the Sarmi's Parthians and AS. South is AS, or Ptollies. West is whoever wins out in Hellas.

Fortunately each neighbour aklso has a nasty non-allied rival: the only scripted wars are with KH (over the Black Sea fringe cities) and AS (if/when they attack Nikaea and Byzantion)