"The rise and fall...mostly fall...of India" -or- "Grenadiers with pisspots rule"

[control_group]

Dear Asoka,
You must have been furious when I rejected your asinine demand for dye. A wise ruler, however, would have realized that just because the two cities you can actually see are only defended by a pair of axeman each and you have war elephants does not mean that the rest of the glorious Spanish empire cannot be brought to bear in short order

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[abmann]

You expansionist, agressive types. Never content with your land. Always expanding here, killing there. You'll eventually salt your land with all that blood. What will you do then?

Starve, that's what.

[graye]

[abmann]

Slavery civics are not the way to go!
Terrible dictator, you.

[graye]

[abmann]

Ah. I inferred that you were demanding citizens build you tributes, thus sacrificing via slavery.

YOU'RE OK (for now).

[control_group]

Why, Hatshepsut, you insolent hussy!

You didn't complain when I conquered the barbarian city on your border, now, did you?

But now, when Asoka declares war on me because I refuse to simply give him dye with no recompense whatsoever, now you play the moralist?

This saddens me.

You're next.