I dunno about easy, I'm playing as the WRE on M/M.

The cities that were about to revolt I pulled out the troops and razed the buildings so when they revolted it was easy to smash and loot the money Any general that had a low loyalty rate I sent into suicidal missions.

I pulled out of England, Illyria, Africa and Gaul. I strengthened by position in Spain because of the gold and silver mines there and it is in a good position for a contingency plan if Rome falls. I disbanded most of my elite troops in favor of the liminate spearmen, Foedetira cavalry, and archers and stationed a small force at the bridge leading into the mainland of Italy with 4 generals.

Mediloam, or the city that is above the bridge in Italy is my "throw-away" city in the event a horde runs by.

All islands I am keeping in line easily. For the time being I started to convert my cities into christian except for Syracuse which would need a large garrison to keep them from revolting so I left them as pagans and built sewers and such to keep them happy.

Later on I started to get at least 3-5K thanks to the gold in Spain and keeping Massila and the nearby city to allow trade between the two provinces.

Then the hordes came, 4 stacks of GOTH hordes assaulted my bridge defenders, outnumbered but I was able to defeat them one at a time. I noticed that if I take out the general their morale falls down like mad and their easy pickings. I basically pulled my troops from the bridge so their out of range from their many horse archers and allowed them to cross the bridge enough for me to flank and surround them. I defeated 3 of the stacks and the GOTHS eventually sat down with me and negotiated with me for peace, they had lost at least 5-6 family members Their remaining stack picked up and headed into france by passing through Massila and then assault the WRE rebels and settled there in Gaul.

I was notified of a Vandal horde coming my way so I quickly rebuilt my forces and being short on cavalry I hired a few mercenaries. I also noticed my general had a loyalty of 1 now because of his many victories(I'm beginning to wonder what's the point of having a general if his victories make him less loyal to me) so I sent him to die against 6 vandal hordes. Using the same tactic of pulling back out of their archers range I used a scorpion to cause panic in their ranks and now they are down from 6 to 2 hordes. This may sound good but I'm losing tons of men as a result of this and they just keep coming

Luckily though the tactic preserves most of my cavalry which is crucial in smashing the enemy's flanks.

Even worse now I have 7 Hunnish hordes coming down on me so I'm planning on building a fort to keep them busy while I replenish my forces. Argh. If this was on H/H I would've been dead by now!