Right, it seems that I have had them replenish while out. Maybe they need a town to get back to full strength quickly, I don't know. Now I just went from Easy/Easy to Medium/Medium, and it seems that while the enemy's tactics are better, their morale is worse. Even for Rome. Now, I think part of that could be I am not usting fighting Eastern Infantry. And for RS, I think I have found a phalanx formation that works, it combines checkerboard with horse shoe. I have 3 Hoplites in a line, at the rear corners of that formation are the front corners of an Armoured Hoplite unit on each side, and at near right angles protecting the flanks, I have another Armoured Hoplite. I have Heavy Peltasts behind the forward-facing Armoured Hoplites, one archer and one peltast or two archers behind the Hoplites, then the general behind the archers, flanked by Greek Cav on each side. The right angle AH are not long enough to cover the sides, so I have a more flexible unit, currently Samnites, there as well, that will change with where I am; Scutarii will probably fill the role very nicely, warband not so much. I could even put more Heavy Peltasts there, though I would prefer something heavier. I can shift the formation as needed.