The War of Roman Aggression

And, incidentally:

Just for kicks, I get France in on the anti-Roman war, which if the alliance lasts long enough will draw in a couple other people as well. meanwhile, there's a whole lot of rifleman conscripting going on.

So we're fighting, and we're fighting, and...oops.

Well, there goes the main incense supplier.

Except, unlike some other RBCiv-25s, _I_ can get a MPP with FRANCE. So nyah. What's more, unlike some other RBCiv-25s, _I_ can spend 11,000 gold to get myself halfway through the Industrial Age in one round of trading. AND, like all other RBCiv-25s worthy of being RBCiv-25s, _I_ have rubber. Whee.

Incidentally, if I hadn't mentioned it before, the war is like, Caesar throwing legions of spears and horsemen at me because he hasn't got anything better. Yes, it's that bad.

And the message we all want to hear: England declared war on the French.

And we do our world wars in style around these here parts.

This, of course, causes Rome to declare on the Spanish. What does this mean for Rome? Yeah.

Predictably, the Spanish run over Rome, but I get a few bits and pieces:

And then India jumps in on the side of Spain, and Rome's days are very very numbered.

And because it's all about seizing the day:

And in 1385, we buy SciMeth off of France, who for some reason ISN'T BUILDING DARWIN. Unlike some other RBCiv-25s, however, _I_ have the Iron Works.

And thus it was that, after fighting off a couple of annoying but pointless English invasions, I got this:

Note the intense weed.