Enlighten me

[Vasiliyi]

Well to tell the truth i just tried the unit composition of both armies. The romans (whom i played as) had

1 General
1 Calvary (roman)
1 Pedites extrordinari
2 Trarii
3 Princepe
4 Hastati
2 Velite

The maks had

1 gen
1 calvary
2 Theruphoria
2 Peltasta
1 slinger
2 Akonkistai
4 Pezhetaroi
1 Asparygaros (the elite unit)

and the battle difficulty was on hard and i got my @ss handed to me... now im a romani fan, but it seemed to me like the phalanxes on hard were a bit overpowered. ill have to try the same composition on normal. (oh and im not a terrible infantry commander)

To the maks

[LordCurlyton]

Depending on which Equites you gave the Romans and Maks that should be a very winnable battle on M, which is what the stats are balanced for in any case.
Oh, and my thumb-up-butt self feels like saying its "cavalry", not "calvary".