Hello. Now for the update you have all been waiting for... Rome: RISE OF MONARCHIES!
Behold the Known World! A good proportion of which belongs to ME.
Here is my egyptian colony of Butt-o, and my target of Icantpronuceia. ALL YOUR EGYPT R SOON BELONGING TO ME
Well, this is what you've been waiting for, folks, SPAIN. At least they won't take MY mercilessness conq-- rightfully owned territory.
It's Hammy. Go away and get pwned by Persia or Arabia.
Behold the French Attack Team! (or F.A.T. for short.) They are my lazy French defense units (sorry France, no free Praetorians for you

) mixed in with a couple of newly created ones.
Me: FAT, prepare for battle.
FAT: We're not fat! Just... sizely challenged!
Me: YOU DARE NOT AGREE WITH ME!
FAT Leader: Um... PREPARE FOR BATTLE, FAT!
Stupid camel archer. With all of my military headed for France, I guess my future Egyptian colonies will have to wait. RAGE! EXECUTE SOMEONE RANDOMLY!
Well, here it is. FAT, PREPARE FOR BATTLE!
Well, that was semi-easy. The only thing they had was a Longbowman, and I only lost 2 FATs.
Sorry. My empire doesn't help Muslims. Plus, we hate each other anyway. *hides comedians doing insulting impressions of Saladin (now the most popular show in the Empire!)*
OK, I think an ally might be good. After farther negotiations, she got Athestics and 35 gold.
I have one of these now! Before:
And after. TAKE THAT FRANCE! (and Barcelona)
Crap, Butt-o got razed. MORE RAGE AND EXECUTIONS!
Here come the English! I will have to build up a navy if I want your island.
And germany. No parts of france for you!
Russians!
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for...
That's right, the Arabs. Now I have a war on two fronts. All of my military is is France. And the Arabs should have a pretty big empire...
My problem is that I don't have the "give contact" ability from civ 3. I could get some help if Spain declared war on Arabia (yay for realism) and India declared war on France. I seem to be a centerpiece in all this.
The known world. It's about to descend into war.