Becka
M AS IN MARTINI
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I onced played as the Romans on a small continent also occupied by the Egyptians (to my south) and the Greeks (to my north).
I had two or three wars and in the last war, I managed to get the Greeks down to one city at the very top of the continent. I had taken their capital city and now my borders completely blocked them from moving south or building anymore cities.
An earlier war with the Egyptians turned to a standstill, with me failing to capture any of their cities and them wasting war chariot after war chariot only to be slaughtered by my legions. I realized the Egyptians were a violent people.
One Greek unit had trickled down south to meet the Egyptians for the first time during my war with the Greeks. I didn't care and I let it pass. After taking the second to the last city, my war with the Greeks ended. But soon, the Greeks (with their one city, mind you) declared war on the Egyptians!
But there was a problem; the Greeks were cut off from Egyptians by my borders. There was absolutely no way for the Egyptians to get to the Greeks without going through my territory. And that's just what they did.
I let them go ahead and move their war chariots through my territory. I didn't want anothe war with them. But I also didn't want them to find that last Greek city and destroy it. That was my job. So I lined up my left over legions where my border met the Greek border. Meanwhile, the war chariots are going all over the map looking for the Greeks. They can't find them.
But eventually, the Egyptians wised up and sent a galley around the continent and found the Greek city. I move my legions into Greek territory to stop them (we didn't have a treaty or a mutal protection pact, I just didn't want the Egyptians to destory the Greeks) and the Greeks order me off their land and declare war on me! 
So I get fed up with them, move my legions and catapults in and finish the Greeks off. Then the Egyptians were "annoyed" with me. What a joke!
Anyway, the stupidity in this long story lies with the Greeks, (for declaring war on me) and the Egyptians (for sending their chariots through my territory on a wild Greek chase).
I had two or three wars and in the last war, I managed to get the Greeks down to one city at the very top of the continent. I had taken their capital city and now my borders completely blocked them from moving south or building anymore cities.
An earlier war with the Egyptians turned to a standstill, with me failing to capture any of their cities and them wasting war chariot after war chariot only to be slaughtered by my legions. I realized the Egyptians were a violent people.
One Greek unit had trickled down south to meet the Egyptians for the first time during my war with the Greeks. I didn't care and I let it pass. After taking the second to the last city, my war with the Greeks ended. But soon, the Greeks (with their one city, mind you) declared war on the Egyptians!
But there was a problem; the Greeks were cut off from Egyptians by my borders. There was absolutely no way for the Egyptians to get to the Greeks without going through my territory. And that's just what they did.
I let them go ahead and move their war chariots through my territory. I didn't want anothe war with them. But I also didn't want them to find that last Greek city and destroy it. That was my job. So I lined up my left over legions where my border met the Greek border. Meanwhile, the war chariots are going all over the map looking for the Greeks. They can't find them.
But eventually, the Egyptians wised up and sent a galley around the continent and found the Greek city. I move my legions into Greek territory to stop them (we didn't have a treaty or a mutal protection pact, I just didn't want the Egyptians to destory the Greeks) and the Greeks order me off their land and declare war on me!
So I get fed up with them, move my legions and catapults in and finish the Greeks off. Then the Egyptians were "annoyed" with me. What a joke!
Anyway, the stupidity in this long story lies with the Greeks, (for declaring war on me) and the Egyptians (for sending their chariots through my territory on a wild Greek chase).
