Quote Originally Posted by Proletariat
...I'm not sure it's supposed to work like that...
Spear walls may be impressive against horse, but in RTW it's an easy matter to beat them with cavalry. Flanking is an obvious one, and leaping over the spear points appears to be another. And if that fails just wait until the phalanx moves an inch, when half the guys will lift their spears up letting your cavalry charge in.

But at least Armoured hoplites are pretty arrow proof, so they're fairly immune to the main phalanx enemy.