I didn't mean rebels... I meant enemy faction forces. Like playing as Carthage... I would have Iberians laying siege to my towns with 1 or 2 units of skirmishers, or those guys that don't wear shoes... You'd think if the AI was going to be suicidal it would have some sort of grand plan to it, but it doesn't! It just wants to lay siege to your cities that have huge armies garrisoned nearby with two units of the cheapest crap it can recruit!

Hmm, i feel like declaring war on that there largest, richest human controlled empire... Shall i first establish an empire of my own, get some denari and build up a large army? NEVER! I shall send in two units of pantopadoi, that'll scare the pants off them! Banzai!