Numidian towns maybe far apart but then you can always turn them into slaves and helpout the settlements that need to grow population wise. As for the AI they never do anything special. In my latest game I am the Julii and I have looked around in greece/macedonia and seen that the brutii have full stacked armies but none of the settlements get taken...


I'd also say take spain as it can get you some healthy profit if you build the right buildings and it stops you having to take it later when the cival war coles along as the julii will take it.