Early Romans vs. Getai

[pezhetairoi]

Use as much triarii as you can first, then slowly replenish depleted triarii with hoplitai as you go along. You don't really have an answer to their toxotai, so just send your accensi and leves to do as much damage as they can, tying down as many light troops as possible while you lead your cavalry round the back in a concentrated fist. Don't let them spread out. Oblique approach in battles works best, with about 3-4 units of melee infantry in the leading wing, and your cavalry poised to swing around that to take the enemy in the rear. The centre of triarii. Leves can play around among the triarii phalanx. They are expendable since they can readily be replaced by akontistai from the greek settlements.

EDIT: So far I have destroyed numerous fullstacks of the Getai made up of nothing but Komatai Hippeis and Mala Gaeroas. Drapanai were of some concern, but they cracked up under pressure from behind... The komatai were major annoyances, until my cavalry caught up with them, but sometimes they simply just charged into combat without firing off their javelins. Weird.