The AS can get pretty evil when you play KH as this means you're inititally allied with the Ptollies and nobody competent (aka you) is there to strip the AS of their land(Pontos, Hay, Pahlava and baktria). My KH campaigns always result in Epic(or rather tedious) struggles against "THE EMPIRE"(AS), "The wild natives of Magna graecia"(the romans) and "The Wild natives of Iberia"(the lusitanians).