How to play effectively with the Sab'yn? From my experience, it is only a matter of time before the two big Hellenistic bullies in the north spam you with their, compared to Sabaean forces, well-armored and armed troops.
Unlike the creators of EB, I don't think that the Sabaeans are easier than the Pahlava, at least not once the game has lasted for a little while. Horse archers can defeat much larger armies with ease, whereas the Sabaeans don't have horse archers, and their tribal warriors can't stand up to Hellenistic armies in a fair fight.
Is their any way to outplay the two bullies in diplomacy? Once when I played as Sab'yn, they both concluded an alliance and made war at me (at least sent some annoying soldiers almost every turn). Yet once when I played as Ptolemaioi, the Seleukeia (my enemies) were in an alliance with each other, nevermind that the Sab'yn got stuck against Eleutheroi at home.
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