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3)Ankyra
Though it may be a bit much early, Ankyra should be brought into your empire sooner rather than later no matter which strategy you pursue. The Galatian soldiers offer your army a lot more flexibility and power than it would otherwise possess, and also offers archers. Why am I making such a big deal about archers? Should you come to blow with the Hai or Sauromatae, you will find them very useful for neutralizing horse archers.

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I just want to add that thereuphontes toxotai (bosphoran heavy archers) are far superior to anything you can recruit in asia minor - it is worth the expedition up to the bosporus to take the 2 greek rebel cities there as your general will receive a nice bonus. As well, you need to get there as soon as possible so you can set up infrastructure to start making and shipping out the heavy archers as they will be your missle solution for the rest of the game.

the celtic kingdom of galatia is good for providing the celtic slingers, though, which will help you immensely in the beginning (combined with their type 4 gov't and gallic temple exp boost, and DONT DESTROY THAT TEMPLE!)

Really all you need is your factional phalangites and cavalry supplemented by galatian components...take your pick. the greek units you can recruit tend to be far inferior....and should only be used as garrison (because they can be retrained easily in their hometown when they get sieged).