Byzantine_1
Chieftain
Hey, the Byzantine Empire wasn't in CIV, but, was in BTS, so we'll just wait for the expansion packs in what, a year. So till then, let's wait.
That's true, but keep something in mind:
Byzantium wasn't released until BTS. This means that they were considered less important than the others that were released in Warlords and Vanilla. Which included what? The Celts. The Aztecs. The Zulu. And when they did come, they were grouped with who? The Native Americans. The Maya. The Khemer. The Sumerians. The Byzantines were greater than each of these Civs (except possibly the Maya), and yet Firaxis didn't include them, even though they deserved a place in Vanilla along with Rome, Greece, and Arabia. And in ciV, there is Songhai and Siam, both minor civs that are probably just there to boost sales in south Asia. I don't mean to sound angry, but without the Byzantines, we would not be who we were. Christianity would be a tiny minority, western civilization as we know it wouldn't exist, and America would either be Arabic of Chinese. They made a HUGE difference.