Strange, I'd not noticed this either, until the game I'm currently playing. I'm Briton and have all of northern Europe, Spain, but only half of Italy... and the Scipii keep sending lone family members on 'tours' through my empire. They don't attack, they don't seige... they are so pointless that I don't even bother fighting them anymore !!!
They don't even have warhounds for company, just a family member and that's it.
What's stupid is that last time I sent a spy down to Capua to see what troops they had, they had large stacks just sitting there doing nothing ??? Very curious AI.
And, not relevant to this thread, in the same game, the first time i have ever seen this, the SPQR sent a full stack towards my empire, then built a fort where they continue to sit. I've never seen SPQR build a fort !!!
[This message has been edited by Badgerius (edited 11-06-2007 @ 06:33 AM).]