I've made several of my neighbors into farms.

I think I have about 5 of so pop 50+ farms that I just go and pop from time to time.

I keep having to further and further out of my 7x7, though, but it's ok. TT"s are blazing fast in this game.

Current standing army:
25 Theutates Thunder
1 Theutates Thunder Hero
28 PHalanx

I'm upgrading and trying to get catapults so that I can be of more use to an alliance later, or so that I can pummel the crap out of these little bitches near me that are crannying.