Rome couldn't help me with Egypt and despite how Egypt actually went with the conquest, at the time I didn't think I could beat Egypt since we had the same number of forces. You were thinking way too linear on borders. My way completely secured the south of the map and would have allowed our complete focus towards the north, because had I allied with Rome then our lines would be split between east and west, instead of straight up north.
Your alliance with Greece works very well in geographical terms, my plans work very well for conquest by creating a single front.