My closest to successful game on Diety... using the Romans.
My two closest neighbors were Monty and Mansu...
So, that's obvious, kill Monty first, then move to the softy Mansu.
I beeline IW, get the Praets going, and conquer Monty pretty quickly...
My stacks of Praets move to the border to fight Mansu... Declare war...
Yeah, each Mali city already had at least 6 longbows, etc...
I didn't even have the catapult yet...
Then his stack moved over toward me... I have never seen the Mali with such an army!
I lost epically.