Hehe, I tried an Epic RFC today, and it really gives enough time for Greece to become a superpower.
Their GP rate during the extended time makes the Athens to be an awesome city!
As you see, I've managed to get Great Wall so all the barbarians went for Rome and collapsed it. But another thing which is more interesting: I've managed to found Islam on Balkans (because I've got Great Library and aimed for Great Scientists, but got a few Great Priests instead so bulbed Divine Right instead). Saladin is rolling in his Judaism.
And another VERY interesting thing:
Right. Egypt, Carthage, Ethiopia and
MAYA are my vassals. It was pretty easy to Vassalize Maya: I sent a caravel with an islamic missionary there, spread religion and gifted a lot of techs. Two turns later they are friendly and my vassals.
P.S. I've just noticed: Germany is called "
Holy Islamic Empire". Oh wow.