Even if the quick domination win didn't let you see the late-game specialists, sounds like you got to make good use of the original specialists in faraway highly-corrupt land.
I cannot go to republic or democracy, so it will be monarchy
I've seen a couple reports with this sentiment so far. Feudalism was clearly inferior to Monarchy, with the variant rules and terrain encouraging growth of cities over size 7 quickly, but I'm curious as to whether players actually made that analysis, or just forgot about Feudalism.
910AD - I declare war on Carthage.
920AD - Carthage is gone.
Gotta love it when
that happens.
Nice domination victory. One question - where'd you get the saltpeter for the cavalries? Had you already conquered some in England with knights?