WANTED: Brave veterans of war in Iberia

[athanaric]

I've conquered most of Iberia as the Casse. I had to face Carthage for the most time, and their nasty but clever habit of sending reinforcements from Africa and the Baleares (though later on, most of these drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, hehe).

Most of the armies I sent were Belgae armies, with Milnaht, Gaeroas or Gaelaiche, Iaosatae, Botroas and some Teceitos. Also one or two champion units per stack. I've managed to pull off at least one insanely heroic victory with these (squeezed between big stack with like six archer units and another one with a lot of elites - I killed most of them but it was a nightmare).
In another memorable exploit, I've had one unit of Caledonian Nobles annihilate a full unit of elephants and causing further havoc along the way.

When fighting Carthage, remember to bring axemen. And recruit additional ones as soon as you have Asturia or Cantabria. You will likely face some super nasty phalanxes and other crack troops with a very hard shell, so axes and javelins are mandatory. If you don't care much for historical accuracy, you can also mobilize the Kluddargos, as well as the Ebherni and Goidelic elites. You will find a good use for them.
It is also very likely that you will be facing archer spam as reinforcement from Sardinia and slinger/elite skirmisher spam from the Baleares. This means you need a decent amount of cavalry, preferably Curepos, and some types of infantry that can combat missile troops on their own terms. Milnaht are absolutely great troops and should form the anchor (in a critical position. I don't encourage you to spam swordsmen - that would be unhistorical) of your battle line anyway, so you can mobilize these against missile troops as well.
Iaosatae are of course very important against both Qart Hadast and Lusotannan. They're also superior to Iberian slingers and I'm fairly certain they can take on Balearic Slingers in a missile duel, due to better protection and much more ammo.
That said, you should hire Balearic Slingers for yourself, as mercs.

Remember the basic layout:
against Carthage - AP
against Lusotannan - high lethality

and whatever you do against Carthage, block their navies. And pillage all their cities.