Dominions_3 Update ?? Release?

[Morkilus]

Is this why I have such a rough time against multiple normal difficulty AIs? I just always end up surrounded on so many fronts it is impossible to keep my temples and such protected. Unless I build castles all over the place, which hardly seems fair, since the AI can't build them nor capture them. It seems I can only win on easy difficulty, and only if I can crush a couple nations early to get a fast economy rolling.