Thanks heaps!

This is great. Just a few points.

For each type of army, about what proportion of the army should be light cavalry, heavy cavalry, hoplites/phalanigte peltasts or other skimishers?

I know this could vary a lot depending on circumstances and availabilty but...

Eg I think the Phokians (sp?) used some artillery once in the field (maybe before this time period).

I wildly assume that the classical armies could have:

up 2 units of cav - no more than 1 heavy
and maybe 1-3 units of light troops but not more than 1 archer and 1 sling (so 3 akontistai is ok).

I suppose there would never be more than 1 unit of Elite hoplites but later I have no idea what proportion of the later "modern" armies (not the phalanx ones) would be reformed heavy hoplites.

Whilst the actual tactics used might have varied with terrain, circumstance and the ability of the general, it would seem that the classical and modern armies still rely on the infantry as the primary arm whilst the phalanx armies use (or should use!) the hammer and anvil tactics of Alex. Shortage of good heavy cav though could force a greater reliance on the inf as the primarty tool with usually bad results.

Forward the pointy-sticks!

Regards

Vermin