Xerxes recently solicited peace from me, saying "We have fought to a stalemate, perhaps its time for peace."
This was after I had pulverized the southern half of Persia with Knight Armies, and he had basically just Persepolis and Pasargadae left. Yeah, stalemate. Uh huh. Your luxuries have all been disconnected or captured. Tyre, Sardis, Sidon, and a half dozen other cities of yours are now belong to me, I'm a turn away from being able to start cranking Cavalry out, you have yet to successfuly get a unit into my territory, I've lost maybe four units total this whole war, and those Knight armies are turning northward towards the handful of cities you still have left. But it's a stalemate. Yeah.
I love the AI's comical attempts at spinning information/results.