Strangest development of other faction in your campaign?

[marodeur]

Question: What is the strangest development of another faction in your campaign?

For 4-5 campaigns, about 20 years in, Koinon Hellenon have always been wiped out by Makedonia, except in my most recent Pontos-campaign. Now, the Makedonians have been reduced to an puny island kingdom of Lesbos where they just camp.

Curious. In my campaigns the makedonians always get beaten. Normally, they conquer quite lot of territories in the north and east - while losing their homelands at the same time . In the end, they most often ended up with a single territory, either Lesbos or Bithynia, once even Kyrenaia (came to them by revolt). Never seen them being successful. Quite amusingly, they ended up with a thoroughly mad king twice - I had to free his people from his slavery (and send them into mine )