boo said:
the tech tree open to suggestions/changes
Roman
1)Infantry= normal legion
2) cavalry
3) horse archers
4)archers
5)ligth infantry
posibably more in later add ons or due to ppls suggestions
Horse Archers only really came into use by the Romans later in the Empire after their conflicts with the Parthians and Sassanids (and, I assume, the Sarmatians and Scythians). Rome rarely used archers from their own citizens, relying more on mercenaries (Cretans, Gauls) and local auxillia (Syrians) to fill that role. If they weren't around, they used slingers (think David and Goliath) and javelineers.
Infantry can stay as they are, they can represent the whole infantry block of a typical Legion (ie the Hastati, Principes and Triarii) and can be improved upon with research and reforms, such as the Polybian reform (mid 3rd Century BC) and the Marian reform (late 2nd century BC - more radical changes than the Polybian one). Light infantry can probably represent local auxillia, so they can stay as they are.
boo said:
egypt/ macedonia greek (and area around there???)
1)cavalry =
2)light infantry
3) heavy infantry
4) archers
5) stone slingers?
This list can cover Antigonid Macedon, Ptolemaic Egypt and the Seleucid Kingdom:
1) Infantry = Phalangites/Pezhetairoi.
2) Light Cavalry = Light Cav/Prodromoi.
3) Heavy Cavalry = Companions/Hetairoi.
4) Archers = Toxotai.
5) Slingers = Slingers (forget the Greeco-Macedonian name).
Bearing in mind that Hetairoi were becoming harder and harder to get due to these kingdoms being almost constantly at war. Due to this, the Successors (ie the kingdoms listed above) were forced to use infantry to fill in the gap. These were called the Thureophoroi, but they were used ineffectively. The Seleucid kingdom was probably the most successful in utilising them, though. So you may want to replace the Slingers or something with these Thureophoroi, who were light infantry with javelins, designed to harass the flank of enemy pikemen.
celts/ germania / spainish countries
javalin = infantry
spear = infantry
sword = infantry
archers
cavalry?
Sounds about right. Archers should be less effective than in the East, however, due to the design of the bow.
Brother Kane said:
Cheexsta's remarks on the tactics of Gaius Julius were not entirly correct...<snip>
I stand corrected. Gaius Julius is a little out of the timeline I'm personally interested in

*Cough* even though I studied it just last year...