Oh yeah - note to other ORgers: Don't let the AI take control of your units.

I know I was foolish to do it, but I decided to trust the AI to control half of my forces to test them out. I gave them my Triarii, Merc Hoplites, Faction Leader and a bunch of Hastati. Now this is one of the first few turns so that's a pretty big army for that time. We had surrounded the enemy in a city - the computer got the bulk of the defenders on his side, but with his units he had the upper hand easily.

He lost almost every man - faction leader = dead - all the units totally annihilated, down to single digits on all of them. Oh and he inflicted about 30 total kills for his trouble...

I wasn't angry because I just now know that the friendly AI is still stupid and worthless; learning experience I call it.