Due to unforeseen circumstances, the words I meant to write last night after the kids went to sleep have been replaced with a blitzkrieg campaign by my proxy ruler, Cyrus of Persia, against the Japanese, Aztec, and Roman civilizations in quick succession. The hostilities stretched into the wee hours of the morning, but all three enemy civilizations were eradicated and their cities annexed with acceptable casualties, especially after I discovered Construction and turned Pasargadae into a catapult factory.
I regret the error.