No, it isn't. Using that term is the problem.
Think of this comparison... If you were in a battlefield in CoD and people shoot you, would you call them bullies? This is actually a closer comparison than you might think at first glance, since this game was designed around a pvp core.
I agree with what Agent said, you are rushing the ages way too fast. The higher you go, the more established the players you will face will be, and the worse the situation for you. Stop aging up, and start building up your strength. The game will get much easier for you.
1 month 10 days to Colonial, only great building a level 9 Tower of Babel, and a total of 18 battles and 87k ranking points doesn't have you prepared for where you are. By your era you should have a decently leveled Statue of Zeus, Castel del Monte, and Cathedral of Aachen, as well as a few other great buildings like an Arc, Chateau Frontenac, Lighthouse of Alexandria, etc.
As a loose rule of thumb, you probably shouldn't be aging up unless you are consistently in the top 10 in your neighborhood week after week.
You are also sitting in a dead guild, since 26 out of 33 members haven't logged in in at least a week, most much longer. I'd consider leaving your guild and looking at a guild in the top 100 that has open joining enabled. You never want to stay in a guild that doesn't open up all 4 levels of GE every week.
If I were in your position, I'd consider abandoning your current world and starting a new city on another world. Then you could start over and learn from your mistakes, and you wouldn't lose much time or effort. Something to think about.