Note: i got 23 years in before i figured out i was gonna do an aar and went looking through saves/pictures to scrap it together so some stuff is missing.
Serene sinope perhaps the dominant greek city in northern anatolia starts the game in a better spot than i thought. While they are too weak to attack Pontus or Paphlagonia on their own i sat for 2 years and saved money and allied amisos. When nearby paphlagonia invaded a defensive league of greeks to their west i inteviened with the help of mercenaries and took their coast to deprive them of the ability to threaten greeks ever again.
When the Armenian behemoth turned their eye to the region Sinope felt resopnsible for making sure not all of it fell to these eastern invaders. Sinope attacked pontus and took their coastal regions too before Sinope took the hard decition of having to unite all local greeks so Armenia wouldent eat them. A quick war against Trapezos and Amisos made Sinope the undisputed power in the southern euxine sea.
Great strides were taken to make the city of Sinope the richest city on the euxine and eventually the world. Trade was encouraged and needed since the city decided to keep it's mercenary force for the many wars it knew would come.
The leader of our rising kingdom was actually of greekified anatolian heritage, the kingdom quickly became a beacon of a mixed anatolian-greek heritage.
A western upstart by the name mithradates invaded Paphlagonia in 458 AUC but a quick war against both him and Paphlagonia itself quickly unified the region under Sinope.
The western expansion would contine to ensure the protecting and welfare of the local greeks in the area. First the dacians were defeated in a quick war (they dident even fight me they went and sieged thrace (my ally) while i took their forts.) Before the greeks themselves were allowed entry into the kingdom.
Great efforts were taken in making sure the paphlagonians would stay loyal and happy in our greeco-anatolian kingdom.
Efforts continued to make sinope the richest city on the euxine.
A eastern campaign was deemed necessary before Armenia took the region so a offensive war against the colchians and eastern greeks were conducted before Armenia invaded them.
I got scammed out of phasis this war since colchis was allied to both phasis and it's revolt, only "real phasis" were called in and as soon as i defeated them they lost the civil war and i were no longer at war and hence could only take colchian land.
Aggressive Armenia was trying to stop me stopping them from taking the region and hence invaded with the intention of pushing us away from eastern coastal euxine.
An effort were started to learn from the veterans of the great campaign since their expertise no doubt would be needed.
With the power of friendship (Thrace) the armenians were quickly defeated and all of former pontus plus abit more was taken from them as punishment. A quick war against phasis was also conducted to help protect our greek breatheren.
Not too impressive yet but this map mode is borderline map porn as it is.
The colchinians were quickly integrated in the administration to better help administer the country.
To help retain the loyalty of our wealthiest provinces a exemption from census tax was given to all nobles and citizens.
The current province situation not too bad but some of them are dropping fast due to the low stability.
A zoomed out look, antigonid loyalists hold a few holdouts but are otherwise done for while macedon hold the levant.
While king sky had dulled abit in his old age his reign so far had transformed sinope from a minor trading city in northern anatolia to it's largest power bar the selucids. Nothing more that the highest adoration can be given to such a godly man.
While king sky himself was of cappadocian decent no effort had been done to integrate them to the state yet but the court talked about integrating cappadocian and armenian and it's pros and cons.
The country may be minorly unstable but it's not too bad for the moment. Sinopes destiny is still undecided, if the city will just be a footnote in history or it will become something more only time can tell.
Serene sinope perhaps the dominant greek city in northern anatolia starts the game in a better spot than i thought. While they are too weak to attack Pontus or Paphlagonia on their own i sat for 2 years and saved money and allied amisos. When nearby paphlagonia invaded a defensive league of greeks to their west i inteviened with the help of mercenaries and took their coast to deprive them of the ability to threaten greeks ever again.
When the Armenian behemoth turned their eye to the region Sinope felt resopnsible for making sure not all of it fell to these eastern invaders. Sinope attacked pontus and took their coastal regions too before Sinope took the hard decition of having to unite all local greeks so Armenia wouldent eat them. A quick war against Trapezos and Amisos made Sinope the undisputed power in the southern euxine sea.
Great strides were taken to make the city of Sinope the richest city on the euxine and eventually the world. Trade was encouraged and needed since the city decided to keep it's mercenary force for the many wars it knew would come.
The leader of our rising kingdom was actually of greekified anatolian heritage, the kingdom quickly became a beacon of a mixed anatolian-greek heritage.
A western upstart by the name mithradates invaded Paphlagonia in 458 AUC but a quick war against both him and Paphlagonia itself quickly unified the region under Sinope.
The western expansion would contine to ensure the protecting and welfare of the local greeks in the area. First the dacians were defeated in a quick war (they dident even fight me they went and sieged thrace (my ally) while i took their forts.) Before the greeks themselves were allowed entry into the kingdom.
Great efforts were taken in making sure the paphlagonians would stay loyal and happy in our greeco-anatolian kingdom.
Efforts continued to make sinope the richest city on the euxine.
A eastern campaign was deemed necessary before Armenia took the region so a offensive war against the colchians and eastern greeks were conducted before Armenia invaded them.
I got scammed out of phasis this war since colchis was allied to both phasis and it's revolt, only "real phasis" were called in and as soon as i defeated them they lost the civil war and i were no longer at war and hence could only take colchian land.
Aggressive Armenia was trying to stop me stopping them from taking the region and hence invaded with the intention of pushing us away from eastern coastal euxine.
An effort were started to learn from the veterans of the great campaign since their expertise no doubt would be needed.
With the power of friendship (Thrace) the armenians were quickly defeated and all of former pontus plus abit more was taken from them as punishment. A quick war against phasis was also conducted to help protect our greek breatheren.
Not too impressive yet but this map mode is borderline map porn as it is.
The colchinians were quickly integrated in the administration to better help administer the country.
To help retain the loyalty of our wealthiest provinces a exemption from census tax was given to all nobles and citizens.
The current province situation not too bad but some of them are dropping fast due to the low stability.
A zoomed out look, antigonid loyalists hold a few holdouts but are otherwise done for while macedon hold the levant.
While king sky had dulled abit in his old age his reign so far had transformed sinope from a minor trading city in northern anatolia to it's largest power bar the selucids. Nothing more that the highest adoration can be given to such a godly man.
While king sky himself was of cappadocian decent no effort had been done to integrate them to the state yet but the court talked about integrating cappadocian and armenian and it's pros and cons.
The country may be minorly unstable but it's not too bad for the moment. Sinopes destiny is still undecided, if the city will just be a footnote in history or it will become something more only time can tell.
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