force diplomacy it.

like i said, don't abuse it, just when you just beaten the 4th full stack in the past 2 years and your cities are literally unable to train any more people because of the dead soldiiers.

when roleplaying or writing, it's hard to constantly think of new reasons why the AI WONT GIVE UP especially since Hellenic warfare was pretty laid back. One or two victories and treaties were made, not TOTAL KRIEG