Originally Posted by Legend5000
Now everyone knows that a 720 Denarii Legionnary Cohort is more powerful than a 180 Denarii unit of Iberian Infantry, but wouldn't four units of Iberian Infantry worth 720 denarii destroy that legionnary cohort? And at the same time, would even 20 units of peasants be able to destroy 2 spartan hoplite units?

So for a unit to be considered the most cost-effective unit, one would have to consider:

- The stats (including stamina and morale)
- The price
- The amount of turns needed to recruit the unit
- The infrastructure needed to recruit the unit (a unit of Town Watch is much easier to recruit than a unit of Cataphracts)

I'd have to go with Horse Archers, but looking at the infrastructure i really like Militia Hoplite. Cheap and effective, only needs a simple barrack and takes one turn to train. could 8 units of Militia hoplites defeats a unit of spartan hoplite?