to be honest a purchased the game when it first came out and have played it on and off since then. it was the juli cavalry[light and heavy] who they chewed up badly but the pontus chariots[heavy chariots with the horses with great big spikes on as well]. maybe time time clouds judgement but i certainly will not make the same mistake again as i had a roman general with a mainly merc recruited army. phalanxes cretan archers peltasts and hey presto wiped them out without hardly any casualties.

i just love this game and come back to it time and time again.

i would have to say this goes down in the list of top 20 games of ALL TIME.i would put it up there with elite, cannon fodder,sensible soccer,etc.