best infantry unit in the game is the spartans bar none, ive sen them get surrounded, hit in the rear by cav, pelted with fire pots, arrows and javalins, you name it and theyve defeated it. historically and in the game, those guys are the best, end of discussion, as for bowmen........ok, lemme give ya a scenario here, i was defending a greek city while playting online, i had one ally who was greek and we played against 3 egyptians, we blocked the roads with phalanxes and every once in a while sent our cav out to attck any weakspots we noticed, i sent 400 cav against 160 bowmwn, my cav was wiped out...