This post was extremely painful to read and there is no doubt in my mind that I feel significantly dumber for having read what you said in its entirety. Yes, Im looking at you Saber.
Im pretty sure Rome didnt exist past enlightenment...Im sure they will do what they do for every non-unique troop type, give them the same generalized troop unit.
I always fancied the Colosseum but now with the new update allowing you to change wonders, I would have probably gone notre dame and then switched to the colosseum after I researched everything.
Like others have said, I keep them for cosmetics...I have them lining the water way. In no way is it cheating and I find it funny how you came to that conclusion.
The scaling on archer damage to tower health grows larger and larger each upgrade. The farther you progress in the game, the less effective they will be at taking out defenses, to an astonishing degree.
@res, I like your analysis and ranking...only thing I would change is put chinese at top and move everyone down by 1. OP, I wouldnt pick Chinese if you like games that seem to be too easy or that you are too overpowered.