Your army Compositions and tactics.

[Maion Maroneios]

Well, I play now as the Makedonai so it is only natural I would use Alexandrian army tactics The thing is, I divide my armies according to their role in combat. My economy is quite strong now, so I can basically afford any army of my likeness. My basic Successor army is quite simple in terms of composition and tactics, just good ol' hammer an' anvil tactics My armies tend to look like this:

-----------S----------S--------------
-------F1-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-F1----------
----F2----M----M-----M----F2
----C2-C1---------------C1-G--------

S (Skirmishers): They harass the enemy before the clash and fall back if any enemy units pursuits them.
F1 (Infantry, preferably sowrdsmen): They protect my army's flanks and shower the enemy with javelins, if they have.
F2 (Infantry, preferably spearmen): They have basically two roles. One is to aid the first flanking soldiers (F1) in case of need and the second is to protect my cavalry against enemy flankers.
P (Phalangites): My army's backbone. They form the solid wall of spears that keeps the enemy at bay and also push, if needed be.
M (Missiles): They shower the oncoming or/and fleeing enemy. I'm especially fond of slingers, they tend to crush the enemy's backs
C2 (Light cavalry): Those guys mostly shower the enemy if they have jvelins, or just sweep the battlefield from fleeing enemy soldiers.
C1 (Heavy cavalry): I think you know what those guys do Flanking, aiding my main line and hitting the enemy backs, as well as pursuing fleeing enemies. They are my army's flower.
G (General): Not much to say here.

I also have skirmishing armies which follow my main army when I'm out conquering. Those armies are real nasty for the enemy, as they are composed of fast-moving infantry and javelin cavalry which gives me the needed distraction.

[carthage_supreme]

Lol, wow you guys im surprised that we have some real tacticians here.


Playing carthage i usually have my formations set up like this

Enemies
_____________________ ____________________

HI
----------------------------------------------------

Fi FI
__________ _________

SC SC
--------- ------------ HI: Heavy infantry
Fi: Flanking infantry
SC: Support cavlary


First thing i do is let the heavy infantry engage the enemys front line. Whilst the Heavy infantry is in full engagement i send the Flanking infantry (which usually consists of skirmishers and elite troops) to support the the main line. After sending in the FI, I send the SC to kill all enemy skirmishers( if there is any) and to smash into the enemys rear.