Quote Originally Posted by Zorba
Yeah, you try getting a bunch of untrained peasents to do something like that. Not to mention peasents who have been "levied" from various provinces in your empire that have no ties to you, culturally or otherwise. Kinda difficult. And if you actually trained troops to do something like that... wouldn't that be a waste of training? Why not train them how to effectively counter the phalanx, instead of just running up to it and turning it into a giant siskabob?
Well, you threaten them with torturous unhonorable deaths because they're convicts, not just peasant folk. They're supposed to die anyway!

I didn't say it'd be the best idea, just an idea.