Recycle a faction?

[pezhetairoi]

I always manipulate Makedonia when they get reduced to Pella and/or Mytilene, giving them back a mighty empire. In my Arverni campaign I gave them Asia Minor, now in my Romani one I've given them Thrace and Ionia, upon which they backstabbed me. Makes for some pretty fun fights.

[Maion Maroneios]

The same thing had happened to me in one of my past campaigns as well playing as the Maks on 0.81av2. Epeiros was reduced to Taras and I gave them every turn about 5.000 mnai presents until they conquered Arpi, Capua, Rhegion, Messana, Syrakousai and Lilibeo. I was having quite a lot of fun, I moved through Illyria to the northern Romani lands and we (me and the Epeirotai which I forced to become my allies) kind of ''sandwiched'' them. They attacking from the south and me with Alkyoneus leading one huge army attacking from the north. I soon took Roma and ruled over the northern lands of Italy, till cities turned blue due to my impatience in installing proper governments and governors to those cities...

[Reno Melitensis]

I also try to minimize my interventions in the game by using spies and assassins. As the Ptolemies conquered all of Selucid holdings, my agents caused revolts in Halicarnassus, Ipsus , Byzantium ans Anykira. Now its Pergamon and Mazaka the targets. The problem is that the Ptolemies take these lost cities quite easily, but in North Africa they are losing land to the kath-Hadast, their armies are over stretched.

Cheers.