What kind of tactics does everybody use when fighting Hoplites?

[Dayve]

I can't do it the un-historical way though... If i send triarii in first or something similar i just feel dirty after i win. I guess i could try sending principes to hit their flanks then cavalry up the ass, i'm sure that tactic would have been used at some point in history.

Also, is vanilla EB 1.0 the same as other versions in regards to AI factions being able to create wave after wave of stacks even when they only have 3 or 4 cities left? I abandoned a lot of campaigns in other versions because i got tired of fighting 2, 3, 4 or even 5 stacks per turn or Swebos units, even when they had only like 5 cities left.