There are a couple great mods for older Civilization games that capture this particular dynamic. Rhye's and Fall [1] has a lot of this. In particular it follows

There are a couple great mods for older Civilization games that capture this particular dynamic. Rhye's and Fall [1] has a lot of this. In particular it follows the "real" history and capturing a-historical areas or expanding too quickly makes it brutally hard to keep your empire together [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhye%27s_and_Fall_of_Civilization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhye%27s_and_Fall_of_Civilizat...