Quote Originally Posted by paullus View Post
they didn't have the mounted capacity they had formerly had in Alexander's time. But if you'll look, my list advised one unit of companions (the somatophylakes) and 2-3 other cavalry units, so 3-4 total.

Bear in mind that even in the time of Philip II and Alexander, when the Macedonian cavalry had been considerably strengthened (more than tripled in size, perhaps) and supplemented with Thessalian cavalry as well, they didn't have a huuge number of cavalry:
Chaeronea - 2,000 cavalry, a little more than 6% of the total force (one unit, maybe 2, in a full stack in EB)
Granicus - 5,000 cavalry, or just over 10% of the total force (2, maybe 3 units in a full stack in EB)
Guagamela - perhaps 7,000 cavalry, or about 15% of the total force (3-5 units in a full stack in EB)

Cavalry made up roughly 8% of the Macedonian army at Cynoscephalae, and a little over 10% at Pydna.
I have 2 Units of Jav-lobbers, 1 of Thesses, 1 of Hetarioi and one General. That's all I need really.

from memory:

3 Psilioi
2 Peltasts (Tharaikian or otherwise)
1 General
1 Hetarioi
1 Hypastysts
6 Phalangitai
2 Allied Light Inf (Usually Agarian)
1 Thesso
2 Jav-Lobbers
1 other royal guard (not the spearmen, the other blokes)

And that's it!