Hello, long time stalker coming out of nowhere. Decided to pick up Civ again after a long while, and am having a great time with Rhye's and Fall. Very, very interesting game. I'm not sure how unusual it is, but it can't be an average game!
Started the game as Babylon, conquered a few neighboring independents and part of Egypt, than started to collapse to Persia. Switched to Rome when it spawned.
As Rome, I took parts of Europe, but not nearly enough to win any historical victories. Doesn't matter, that's not what I play for. I managed to finish the great wall just as the barbarians were coming down, leading them right into Greece (which I had left mostly intact). Completely collapsed. Surviving this, I decided to challenge myself to see how long I could keep Rome alive for.
It's now the Renaissance, and I still own all of Italy, Greece, parts of northern Africa, Romania, and even a colony in Brazil, and I'm still expanding. Strangely enough, the Christen holy city was raised (not Jerusalem), so now Europe is a war zone for Islam and Buddhism, with Buddhism winning! (looking at the pic, the vikings and Germany used to be Muslim)
Also, Russia and Spain seem to be the Europe superpowers, each with plenty of vassals. There's currently a large world war going on, me with Spain.
Pic of Nova Roma. You can kinda see Europe on the mini map. I'd get a better picture but I don't feel like opening Civilization right now.