Quote Originally Posted by Rex_Pelasgorum
They were the units composing the Eastern Generals Squad...
And some armenian heavy cataphtracts....
Well there is your explaination. I would take cataphracts and a general outnumbered 10 to 1 any day over peasant levies. Heck I would take them outnumbered 20:1 Like the quote from one of the loading screens, "valour is superior to numbers". That is a very good general rule of thumb.