Did those guys came directly from hell?

[seienchin]

Mmh...
Do like most VH VH players and cheat by using lots of archers. ;)
No many gold chevron a unit has, it still has the same defense against arrows.
Another possibility is to simply block them with phalanxes and than atack with cavallery in the back.

[MisterFred]

It spawned out of Kirtan (Numidia). I'm playing Mauretania, which you can see explained in the AAR, using Alex.exe. Elephants don't come until next update though.