Basic Tactics

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Oh, I forgot to mention the Attrition Meat Wall of Cheapo Doom. As Greeks if you want to focus on your eastern borders first get a foothold in Italia. Then base 6-8 units of militia hoplites in a city and whenever the Romans attack place them across the streets with no room on either side. You then allow the Romans to charge your phalanxes and create a meat wall out of their corpses. It holds the Romans off for a very long time, costs next to nothing and though it usually eventually fails will give you plenty of time to crush the Thracians, Dacians, Ponts, whoever!

[antisocialmunky]

No flying horsies mods make militia hoplites fairly decent units actually.

[Colovion]

The most basic of strategy:

Hold a line and allow no enemy troops go through it.
Flank the enemy.

[edyzmedieval]

Much simple....Always works.....

Hooding then rearing with cav

The most useful basic tactic....

[Kagemusha]

My reacent tactics for Seleucids.Works with both on offence and defence.Form up a pike wall.hit enemy to the both flanks with your elephants.Simultaneously move your Cavalry behind the enemy.Its beutifull to watch but make sure not to deploy your infantry too close to the enemy.Just let your Elephants do the work.those units that try to move forvards,destroy them with concentrated missile fire.And those who try to retreat or run,kill them with your cavalry.

[pezhetairoi]

Basic: Charge. :-D

But seriously, as a phalanx faction. Use phalanxes to hold the enemy in place either by staying in front of him and waiting for him to attack or simply attacking him, while cavalry works its way around the rear, simultaneously overwhelming any piecemeal cavalry units, and strike in enemy's rear. Tactics can't get much simpler in there unless you adopt the first line. :)

[Franconicus]

Holding the line, flank, hit them with your cav. in the rear - it is as simple as that and usually it works.

Didn't anybody tried a more complex tactic. Sometimes I try to seperate my army in two divisions and attack from the two flanks. Or I send a small protion to the side trying to make the enemy chase them and open its frontline.