They're irritating me right now for sure. I'm allied (as Epeiros) with them and all they have done for thirty years is keep three stacks around rome itself and never even try to take one of those barb cities in the north of the peninsula. They're rebel cities for goodness' sake. And the Romans have enough men to do it - but they aren't even trying. Not once. They don't keep troops on my border to the south either - so they aren't too worried about me attacking it seems.