and especially Italy, whose CAPITAL is the capital of another civ, which is obviously unworkable! Sumer and the Hittites are probably out if Assyria is included (Assyria and Babylon cover ancient Mesopotamia pretty well).
Why!? Have Firenze or Venecia as the Capital and Roma as a foundable city (much like Rome has Londonium).
I mean Byzantium and the Ottomans same city for their Capitals. Just different names! Why do people keep overlooking Constantinople and Istanbul; The Hagia Sophia dominates both their skylines!