Quote Originally Posted by Diamondj
Could it be that most of my problems were because of the fact that I was using levy hoplites usually of the short spear variety?
If they have short spears then they don't have the phalanx formation in-game and then the battle is like any fight between standard infantry.

If you're referring to hoplitai haploi, then those guys really aren't very good at all. They should get beaten by most types of heavy infantry.