AI stupidity stories.. we all have them

[Zradha Pahlavan]

A tiny battle, a big letdown.

General: Faced before us today are 300 of the finest fighters of Arche Seleukia, all of them Thorakitai Agematos Basilikou, armored so heavily that no arrow could pierce them. They stand atop that yonder hill, and we have but thirty horsemen.
Cataphract: We're fucked.

*The cataphracts go around the hill. The Seleucid soldiers don't bother to turn around.

General: CHARGE!!!

*The Seleucids still don't turn around.
Wham! Klang! Thud! Twenty Seleucids drop dead.

General: Pull back!

*The seleucids throw some sticks at the retreating cataphracts, then go back to staring in the opposite direction.
The cataphracts charge again, killing another 23 Seleucids.
The process repeats itself until only half of the Seleucids are left alive. Then the Seleucids get down off of the hill and start to wander off of the battlefield.

General: Attack them from the front this time!

*The Seleucids run right into the charging cataphracts without fighting back, then they rout, then they die.

Cataphract: Well, that was easy.
General: All that and we only lost five guys.

This is the single most heinous act of stupidity I can think of right off the top of my head. Especially since I've seen the AI do way better commanding Thorakitai Agematos Basilikou in other battles.

[Shylence]

I always hate how the AI attacks ur army or sieges a town or fort with a tiny a army of their own.

and always run away!!!!!!!! Frustrating!!!!!!!

[Onehandstan]

This may not be particuralry stupid but...
I was playing as Rome and Sweboz assaulted one of my cities with town walls, they kill the defenders on the walls or the rest retreat to the town square and wait, the only ways to get to the square is by passing one tower or 5 towers, do the AI capture those towers? NO! 3/4 of their army die by tower arrows, thje rest were killed taking the walls or by routing when they were charged by my general.

[Maeran]

Only yesterday, the Carthaginians attacked the walls (well, palisade) of Massana with a unit of Sardinian infantry and one single elephant. The garrison was a FM and 3 units of akontistai.

I'm convinced that the AI makes suicide runs in lieu of retraining.