Divide and Conquer

*This article is a Stub. Please help the **Expeditions Wiki** to expand articles, which received this template.***Divide and Conquer** is a storyline quest part of Conquest: Asia Minor to conquer most of the territories. This quest is started after the successfull siege of Mytilene and the resulting full conquest of Lesbos.

## Meeting with Theophilus

The first goal of this quest is to meet with the local ruler of Mysia. This can be done in the Temple of Apollon, where you can meet Theophilus, the ruler of Mysia and high priest of the temple. The ruler, having a bad impression of the Romans and being a good ally of Mithridates VI Eupator, refuses to switch sides and continues to insult the Legate during the conversation. As a result, there none to be changed by the player character.

### Zenophia

Despite the meeting with Theophilus being a failure, you will meet with Zenophia, who can be found on the lower levers of the temple. As the wife of the former rule of Mysia, who was murdered in his time of office and replaced by Theophilus, she still has quite some influence in high circles and could replace Theophilus, along with being to switch sides in the conflict. She suggests one of the following courses of action(s):

* Luring Theophilus into attacking the player character.
* Tricking Theophilus away from the temple, into a trap.
* Poisoning Theophilus in some sort of meeting.

### Luring Theophilus into attacking the legatus

Luring Theophilus into attacking the player character, without a direct act of aggression of the legatus, can be done the following way. Between the location of Zenobia and Theophilus, you can find two women chatting on the stairs, with one of the women named Erithia, who is a priestess of the temple. She has a romantic relationship with the high priest, but Theophilus has no intention of marrying her yet. The other woman thinks that Erithia due is just a plaything for him, due to him not proposing her. After the conversation, follow Erithia to the statue, where is she starts sweeping the nearby path.

If you have the Pathos rhetorical style, you can convince her to give you her amulet. Otherwise, you can kill her there, loot her amulet and show it to Theophilus, who will be enraged by this act then proceeds to attack.

### Tricking Theophilus (Misere Nobis)

Tricking Theophilus can be done by completing the Temple Fire side quest. Near the saved temple, inside a chest, there is a message in encrypted text. Syneros suggests by translating the text and replacing it with a forgery, it can be used to lure Theophilus from the temple. Syneros will suggest the Mountain area, southeast in Mysia as the secret meeting point. Place the forged secret message in location xxx.

Then head towards the mountain area, where you can capture him off-guard without any bodyguards. Zenobia will also appear, presenting the player with the choose of Zenobia or Theophilus as ally. By picking the latter, the player will earn the achievement of Miserere Nobis.

## Trivia

* The strategy of divide and conquer, or divide and rule, was utilised by Gaius Julius Caesar in the Gaul campaign, but the phrase does not originate from the famous Roman policitian and general. In Latin, the phrase is: *Divide et impera*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide\_and\_rule