Was it really so much easier to defend than to attack?

[Hooahguy]

with phalanx heavy armies, its always bettter to defend. let those fools come to your long spikes- they get tired, and you start the battle w/ full strength.
and ambushes are a favorite, but if you have phalanxes in your army its screwed b/c they are slow but if you want to risk them in H2H, go ahead. if i ever wanted to ambush their army, dacian skirms are the best, along w/ thracians.....
my formula for a good ambushing army-
large+fast+powerful= PWND!