590 (4): We found Byzantium on the furs tile by the ruins of Aarhus. The furs come online immediately, and I'm able to cut the luxury rate to nothing, for a savings of 14 gpt.
With catapults playing a large role, we cut down three Babylonian Bowmen between Byzantium and Ravenna and four Spanish archers outside Ravenna, all without loss.
IT: Two Viking swordsmen attack our three-unit pillaging force outside Allegheny. We defeat the first, but the second kills Guardian Bob.
Neapolis spearman --> catapult.
Viroconium settler --> spearman.
600 (5): Our remaining pillagers disconnect the Iroquois horses outside Allegheny, but this may be their last hurrah.
We destroy an Iroquois archer outside Lutetia for our tenth elite victory of the round--still no GL.
IT: Oh-oh, the first Viking MDI appears. It kills Lewis & Clark, and when a Viking horseman slays Pillager Bob (though he takes the first horseman to attack with him) our pillaging stack is no more.
Veii warrior --> warrior, since we'll want a few veteran warriors to upgrade to legionaries when we fight our way through to the iron.
Antium aqueduct --> marketplace.
610 (6): We destroy a Babylonian Bowman and a Babylonian swordsman outside Byzantium, and three Spanish archers outside Ravenna--all for no loss, all with catapults contributing vitally.
IT: No AI attacks.
Neapolis catapult --> horseman, Pompeii horseman --> horseman.
620 (7): We bombard and destroy a stack of five Iroquois archers on a hill outside Tonawanda, losing one elite horseman in the process, and then move a strong stack including our army onto the hill.
We destroy a Spanish archer outside Ravenna for no loss.
IT: No AI attacks.
We get Engineering from the Great Library.
The Greeks complete Leonardo. Well, if the peaceful continent is only this far ahead technologically, we stand fairly well.
630 (8): Tonawanda is held only by two spearmen. We destroy both without loss and raze the town.
In complicated fighting in the Byzantium-Tonawanda area we destroy a Viking horseman and two Spanish archers, for no loss.
IT: No AI attacks.
The Vikings land an MDI and a spearman next to Hispalis.
Rome HEROIC EPIC --> horseman.
Byzantium walls --> catapult.
640 (9): We're able to destroy the Viking MDI and spearman near Hispalis without loss, though the attacks are riskier than we've been making.
After the usual invaluable catapult bombardment, we destroy two Viking MDI and one Viking archer next to Byzantium for no loss.
An elite archer in the ruins of Tonawanda destroys an Iroquois archer, and we get the Great Leader Germanicus, on our twenty-first elite victory of the round.
We pick off a Spanish archer outside Ravenna for no loss.
We destroy four Spanish archers and a Spanish spearman between Ravenna and Byzantium, losing one horseman in the process.
That's only nine turns, but I'll stop here, since we face a crucial set of decisions regarding Germanicus, the FP, and our route to the iron, and everyone should have the chance to offer input.
One the main front this round we destroyed 46 enemy units and lost two. Elsewhere we lost our three-unit pillaging force (which accounted for two attackers) and a galley.
Twenty-one elite victories this round, three of them after we built Heroic Epic, yielded one Great Leader.
That nearer iron source may make all the difference.
I'll play before Handy gets back tomorrow. 
