i played noble last night as the english (liz) till 250BC. standard, continents. my units were dying all over the place (hint, don't attack barb archers with chariots
). I shared a content with Rome, all alone. I beelined for Alpha while he pretty much did the bottom techs. However, once I reached alpha (the tech that allows tech trading), i couldn't sell writing for lower priced techs (he refused). Kind of annoying, but I'm sure I'm missing something.