Some interesting twists this turn!
Greece hangs on by a thread as the Persians and Egyptians relieve them of half their dots. In Greek, that’s



Now of course being Greek, our natural inclination would be to take a derivative and plot this against time, and we’d have something like…



And then we’d apply some statistical analysis and declare there is a 95% probability that the expectation value of the Greeks future is not too high!

Bummer too, they could have had so much influence on the world.
But let’s not rule them out yet shall we? For the rest of the world is not lacking for intrigue!

Romans and Carthaginians bounce in Sicily, while Persia manages a perplexing misorder. The big winners in all of this? I guess it would have to be the Massilians, who are lining up to get advance copies of the Carthaginian flag…

And now… The results!

Rome:
F Ausonian Sea - Messenian Sea (*Fails*)
A Dalmatia - Epirus
A Illyria Supports A Dalmatia - Epirus
F Ionian Sea - Athens (*Fails*)
A Rhaetia - Sarmatia
F Sardinia Hold
F Sparta Supports F Ionian Sea - Athens
F Tyrrhenean Sea - Sicilia (*Bounce*)
A Venetia - Vindobona

Carthage:
F Berber Sea - Ligurian Sea
A Carthage - Sicilia (*Bounce*)
A Cyrene Hold
F Gulf of Syrtis - Gulf of Tacape
A Leptis Supports A Cyrene
F Libyan Sea Supports F Gulf of Syrtis - Gulf of Tacape
F Punic Sea Convoys A Carthage - Sicilia

Persia:
F Aegean Sea Supports F Minoan Sea - Crete
A Armenia - Chersonesus (*Fails*)
A Byzantium Supports A Chersonesus - Dacia (*Void*)
A Chersonesus, no move received
F Cilician Strait - Minoan Sea
F Miletus Supports F Cilician Strait - Minoan Sea
F Syrian Sea - Cilician Strait
A Tyre Hold

Greece:
F Athens Supports A Macedonia (*Cut*)
A Epirus Supports F Athens (*Disbanded*)
A Macedonia Supports F Athens
F Messenian Sea - Gulf of Tacape (*Fails*)

Egypt:
F Alexandria Supports A Memphis
F Egyptian Sea Supports F Minoan Sea - Crete
A Memphis Supports F Alexandria
F Minoan Sea - Crete
A Sinai Hold

NEXT: Carthage, Persia, and Egypt BUILD 1, while Greece may REMOVE 1.
By Monday 6pm Central!
Enjoy,
-mike