I hate phalanx wat other faction can I use?

[fester]

Yes I hate the hedge hog brigade, but I like a proffesional army what other faction has this apart from rome??? Barbarians dont realy float my boat.

[magnum]

Well, lets see... you have

Eastern armies - heavy in cav and cav archers. Light on infantry of any type. Parthia, Armenia, and Pontus are included. Pontus though tends to be a bit more infantry based. Armenia might be a good choice if you like horse based armies.

Roman armies - classic roman style armies. Brutii, Scapii, Julii

Greek armies - Phalanx based for the most part. Greek Cities (Greeks), Macedonians, Seleucids, and Thrace. Thrace tends to have fewer phalanx and more 'barbarian' type units (I know someones going to disagree with that.)

Barbarians - well, they're barbarians. Dirty, smelly, scum. Who'd want to play em? Includes Gaul, Britania, Germania, Dacia, Scyth, and Spain. Spain might be enjoyable. They are somewhat of a cross between a roman army and a barbarian army. They have a hard start.

Carthage - Their good units are phalanx based, but they have a little diversity. If you enjoy em, they have elephants.

Numidia - red headed step child, sitting alone in their corner. Never bothered with them.

Egypt - Again, mostly phalanx based, but you get some interesting units to play with. Chariots, impressive archers, and mass light cavalry. Never much enjoyed playing them (never made it through a complete game), but they do have some other non-phalanx type units that you can amuse yourself with.

Think thats about it. All depends on what 'floats your boat'. Hope that helps a little.

P.S. - appologize for any and all mis-spellings!

[fester]

Well, lets see... you have

Eastern armies - heavy in cav and cav archers. Light on infantry of any type. Parthia, Armenia, and Pontus are included. Pontus though tends to be a bit more infantry based. Armenia might be a good choice if you like horse based armies.

Roman armies - classic roman style armies. Brutii, Scapii, Julii

Greek armies - Phalanx based for the most part. Greek Cities (Greeks), Macedonians, Seleucids, and Thrace. Thrace tends to have fewer phalanx and more 'barbarian' type units (I know someones going to disagree with that.)

Barbarians - well, they're barbarians. Dirty, smelly, scum. Who'd want to play em? Includes Gaul, Britania, Germania, Dacia, Scyth, and Spain. Spain might be enjoyable. They are somewhat of a cross between a roman army and a barbarian army. They have a hard start.

Carthage - Their good units are phalanx based, but they have a little diversity. If you enjoy em, they have elephants.

Numidia - red headed step child, sitting alone in their corner. Never bothered with them.

Egypt - Again, mostly phalanx based, but you get some interesting units to play with. Chariots, impressive archers, and mass light cavalry. Never much enjoyed playing them (never made it through a complete game), but they do have some other non-phalanx type units that you can amuse yourself with.

Think thats about it. All depends on what 'floats your boat'. Hope that helps a little.

P.S. - appologize for any and all mis-spellings!

I've done alot worse thanks again magnum nice run down

[Craterus]

I'd advise Spain, if you want infantry but not phalanxes. They have some cool infantry units like Scutarii and Bull Warriors.

[lars573]

Also Armenia and Numidia get immitation legionarys.

[Slug For A Butt]

I love Germania, they are damn poor and start out with the phalanx. But as you progress they possess chosen archers, chosen axemen and gothic cavalry. Great fun when it comes to mashing up the Romans.
Yes they start with the phalanx, but you get the best of both worlds. Their spear warbands rock at the start of the game when cash is tight, and their axemen and archers rock later in the game.
They are my favourite faction.