Originally Posted by
Shoebopp
Petition to improve Ptolemy Philadelphos's PTO policy. I've never heard of a CEO position where your middle managers instigate an insurrection every time you take a few days off.
Anyways, the whole "Not in Alexandria" script can be mitigated by taking two measures:
A. Invest your colony points into building Hellenistic Colonies in the Nile settlements. This increases Hellenistic Culture, which decreases the Civil Unrest, making the Unrest penalty of the the script less damaging.
B. Dump a bunch of Native Egyptian and Ethiopian Archers into Diospolis-Megale, along with one Classical or Mercenary Hoplite unit and one unit of cavalry. The hoplite unit can easily hold the line and grind the incoming insurrectionists to a paste while your archers massacre them from a distance. The cavalry will deliver the coup de grace from behind. Using this strategy you can easily stave off each rebellion. Your Ptolemaic King can then go where he pleases