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Why, the nannies of course.
Ain't that the truth.
Only one in reach would be Carthage I guess, they have a little less than half my cohorts.
You ask me, no. Give me a peaceful and quiet life.
You ask Themistios OTOH...
Chapter XXX - The Rule of Themistios Mithridatids
Ah, the life of a Tyrant. The Judeans, that happy lot, have been granted protection from danger.
Not to be any worse, I negotiate the same terms for Bithynia.
And Aetolia. After losing to us and then to Carthage, they saw the error of their ways.
Then Trapezous got the same offer, and accepted. Being a Tyrant is good.
Of course, the happiness couldn't last forever. Some relative just had to be plotting!
Thankfully, the plot went nowhere.
It's good to be the Tyrant.
Not to be any worse, I negotiate the same terms for Bithynia.
And Aetolia. After losing to us and then to Carthage, they saw the error of their ways.
Then Trapezous got the same offer, and accepted. Being a Tyrant is good.
Of course, the happiness couldn't last forever. Some relative just had to be plotting!
Thankfully, the plot went nowhere.
It's good to be the Tyrant.
Plotting, submitting other people, etc. Just your standard tyrant stuff, please move along.
Moving right along.
I imagine he probably can't manage to live long enough to see out the game, but possibly his successor will.
I imagine he probably can't manage to live long enough to see out the game, but possibly his successor will.
And more submitting it will be!
Well, he's closing in on 70, but it's only 9 years left of the game...
Yes. Not long left now!
Yep, not too bad. I almost got Cilicia, but they had -2 until accepting on the best terms I could get with gifts and embassies...
Ah that won't happen. I just stop getting more than 99500-something. Been like that for ages.
No worries.
All: I would love to post another update, but my internet has been out all day...
Chapter XXXI - The Rule of Themistios Mithridatids
So. Not all like my son as heir. Some even think themselves disloyal to me. The people need to be distracted. War with Egypt should fix that.
That of course doesn't mean we won't seek vassals the peaceful way too. I'm particulary pleased with securing the allegiance of Byzantion.
Paonia is also a nice little catch.
But the most prestigeous of them all; the vassalization of both Macedon and Phrygia, age old enemies of Rhodes!
I'm feeling in a good mood, and take on Carthage for good measure. Our fleet is 1.5x their size, and while they have an estimated 400k of troops on the mainland, we rule the sea and the desert means an attack through the coast is unlikely, and potentially devastating for them. I don't have time for casus bellis though, the doctors tell me I have little time left...
To my absolute horror and anger, the Egyptians, while being thorougly beaten, snuck a small army behind our lines and sacked Alexandria! The Museon was burned down. The barbarians!
I let them off lightly enough in the peace though, as I want to focus on the war on Carthage.
In the Mediterranean, we catch the entire Carthagian fleet, and obliberate it.
I am growing weaker though. The doctors estimate another two months, tops. Rhodes, and later I, have built a tremendous Empire though. An Empire to stand the test of time. An Empire that can stand beside the one of Alexander.
This is Themistios Mithridatids, signing out.
That of course doesn't mean we won't seek vassals the peaceful way too. I'm particulary pleased with securing the allegiance of Byzantion.
Paonia is also a nice little catch.
But the most prestigeous of them all; the vassalization of both Macedon and Phrygia, age old enemies of Rhodes!
I'm feeling in a good mood, and take on Carthage for good measure. Our fleet is 1.5x their size, and while they have an estimated 400k of troops on the mainland, we rule the sea and the desert means an attack through the coast is unlikely, and potentially devastating for them. I don't have time for casus bellis though, the doctors tell me I have little time left...
To my absolute horror and anger, the Egyptians, while being thorougly beaten, snuck a small army behind our lines and sacked Alexandria! The Museon was burned down. The barbarians!
I let them off lightly enough in the peace though, as I want to focus on the war on Carthage.
In the Mediterranean, we catch the entire Carthagian fleet, and obliberate it.
I am growing weaker though. The doctors estimate another two months, tops. Rhodes, and later I, have built a tremendous Empire though. An Empire to stand the test of time. An Empire that can stand beside the one of Alexander.
This is Themistios Mithridatids, signing out.
And with that, the first ever non-beta Imperator:Rome AAR is finished. It was a good run!
It was a good run! 
Very nice to see its conclusion, and the sweetness of Phrygia's submission at the very end.
Thanks! I must confess I felt my humor quality, as it were, fell considerably after the first few chapters.
From then on I focused on trying to capture the personalities.I was happy I ended the game right before he died, he was 1 or 2 months away from dying when the end screen hit!
Yeah, that was glorious!
Too bad Cilicia didn´t submit, as I said above I was no more than -2 from accepting when the max was hit... Then I would effectively have been the Eastern Roman Empire.
Thanks! I must confess I felt my humor quality, as it were, fell considerably after the first few chapters.
That's fine. It's all well and good to be humorous, but no need to force it. I liked having the personalities.
Behold, the glory that is Rhodes!
(Perfidious Egyptians! Burning a perfectly good library...)
And also: Congrats @Nikolai on an AAR completed, an empire created, and a job well done!
(Perfidious Egyptians! Burning a perfectly good library...)
And also: Congrats @Nikolai on an AAR completed, an empire created, and a job well done!
Congratulations on finishing this AAR. I had a great time with it. You did Rhodes proud.