Quote Originally Posted by blank
How often do you see this:
The enemies' mighty army marches towards you, lead by their uber 10-star general. Then, the lines meet. Then, the general banzai-charges your line. Then, the general dies in 39 seconds, followed by their entire army routs
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My guess is, the AI units are extremely reliant on their general, to the point of absurd.
When we take a look at ancient warfare we see that commanders were acting quite differently from modern times. Hannibal, Alexander, Pyrrus almost always were leading Ze Awsome Cavalry Assault Strike, right? (please, correct me if I'm wrong).
Peloponnese infantry commanders acted in similar way, well known Leonidas fine example.
They were not sitting somewhere behind the lines and sipping pinacolada =)

And most of ancient armies (Diadochoi included) were not fighting for some common cause, they were fighting for their king, who was obliged to present on the battlefield. This wasn't the era of generals. This was era of kings and death of a king or his relative is an important issue.