I think Spulla caught some bad breaks. 40 turns ago it wasn't at all obvious that Byzantium would be eliminated and Korea subjugated leaving Rome and Kathlete with free armies.
When exactly did the CoW start to form? My take on this is that for Spulla to have had a chance at getting out of this diplomatically they would have had to contact the HRE with plans to work together against Dantski before the CoW started to form. Then the HRE probably would go along with a plan that gave them almost all of Dantski's cities.
When exactly did the CoW start to form? My take on this is that for Spulla to have had a chance at getting out of this diplomatically they would have had to contact the HRE with plans to work together against Dantski before the CoW started to form. Then the HRE probably would go along with a plan that gave them almost all of Dantski's cities.