Quote Originally Posted by Conqueror
Interesting. So the key to winning with a phalanx against maniples would be to strenghten your flanks by any means and using mobile troops to encircle the enemy, while the phalanx buys you the time to do this? Anyway, thanks for the reply
It works well . No need to stress over the flanks too much if you have reasonable cavalry however .

Keep your phallanx line intact , put an elite phallanx unit on each flank if possible .

Don't waste skirmish units you might have by engaging the Romans in a classical manner , the typical Roman army has far too much close range firepower and you would be thus throwing them away and wasting the unit slots they occupied . Put those skirmishers behind and to the rear of each flank and if you have several , stack them deep and they can hold the flanks for a supprisingly long time .

Take a couple of units of the best long range missiles you can get {not artillery neccessarily however . It can do the job , but moves too slowly to keep up when your army needs to move} . Use these to thin out their skirmishers if they advance them separately {whilst waiting with their main force to see if you will move on them , possibly presenting an opening in your defense if you do} , but their real job is to engage their main body to make them attack you head on .They also are good for finishing off skirmish units etc that are left over when you crush their main body but are too tired to catch .

If they won't oblige and charge your pike/spears , group your entire phallanx line and click some spot directly behind them and march your phallanx wall into their main body .
Either way , group your cavalry in one big group , flank {preferably the side that has a cavalry concentration your massed cavalry can quickly destroy} , then charge !

A thing of beauty to observe I say !