Ptolemaic Royal Army
King, Faction Heir, or designated Generalissimo, 1 such army, 25,000-30,000 men
The cavalry (3,000 strong, 4 units)
1x Hetairoi
1x Xystophoroi/Kleurchoi Agema
2x Hippeis or equivalent
The Agema (5,000 strong, 4 units)
2x Makedones Peltastai/1x Makedones Peltastai + 1x Hypaspistai
2x Agema Phalangitai (assuming Phalangite unit size)
The Phalanx (16,000 strong before Raphia reforms, 6 units)
6x Phalangitai
Auxiliaries (6,000-8,000 strong, 5 units)
1x Cretans (archers or peltast)
1x Thracians or Gauls
1x Anatolians/Judaeans/Ethiopians
2x Greeks
Elephants (about 60, 1 unit)
1x African Elephants
Ptolemaic
Generalissimo's field
Army
Ptolemaic generalissimo, 1 army per battlefield, 25,000-30,000 men
The Cavalry (2,000-2,500 strong, 3 units)
1x Hetairoi/Kleruchoi Agema
1x Hippeis or equivalent (replace in time with lonchophoroi)
1x Hippakontistai or equivalent
The Phalanx (up to 15,000 strong, 5-8 units)
3x Machimoi Phalangitai
2x Phalangitai/Machimoi Phalangitai
3x Hoplitai or equivalent (may feature machimoi phalangitai for 8, or excange the two for 5)
Auxiliaries (12,000 strong or more, 8-11/12 units, depending on phalanx and elephants)
4x Judeans/Ethiopians/Machimoi/Greeks (don't mix, these represent contigents of around 6,000
men from one broadly construed nationality)
2x Gauls/Thracians
2x Greeks/Anatolians
3-4x Judeans/Ethiopians/Machimoi/Greeks (if 11 or 12 units)
Elephants (up to 60, 0-1 unit)
0-1x African Elephants
From paullus
SeLEUCID ROYAL
PROFESSIONAL FORCE
The manpower about 30,000 used by the Seleucid King or an heir who is co-king, for quick campaings
where the pike phalax would prove cumbersome or delay the march. Should generally be constitued
from the Royal Eastern or Royal Syrian armies, rather than appearing as a separate third full stack.
THE CAVALRY (up to 6,000 strong, at least 4 max 6 units)
1x BG Cavalry
0-1x Hetairoi
0-1x Hellenic Cavalry
1x Asiatic Hippakontistai
1-3x Asiatic Medium Cavalry up to Kataphraktoi
THE AGEMA (10,000 strong, 4 units)
4x Agema Phalangitai (may replace 1 with Makedones Peltastai
THE MERCENARIES/AUXILIARIES (12,000-15,000 strong, 8-10 units)
1x Thracian Peltasts
1x Cretan or Persian Archers
2-3x Hemithorakitai (post reform Thorakitai)
2-3x Galatians
SPECIALITY CORPS (up to 100 elephants, up to 60 Scythed Chariots, 0-2 units)
0-2x Indian Elephants
0-1x Scythed Chariots
SeLEUCID ROYAL EASTERN
ARMY
Total Manpower about 30,000 under the command of the ruler in Seleukeia, Mesopotamia,
traditionally the heir to the throne, with responsibility for the Upper Satrapies. The Eastern army was
stronger than the Western in cavalry, but somewhat weaker in infantry. Half of the 10,000 Silver
Shields were based in the East, and could either be based there or held by the king himself
THE CAVALRY (4,500-5000 strong, 5 units)
1x BG Cavalry
2-3x Asiatic Lancers or Kataphraktoi
1-2x Asiatic Hippakontistai/Dahae/other light cavalry
THE AGEMA (none or 5,000, up to 2-3 units)
1-2x Agema Phalangitai
0-2x Makedones Peltastai
THE PHALANX (12,000 stron, 5 units)
3x Phalangitai
2x Pantodapoi Phalangitai
AUXILIARIES (8-10,000 strong, 6-8 units)
0-1x Thracian Peltasts
2x Persian Archers
1x Iranian Slingers
2-3x Eastern Spearmen/Peltasts/Akkadian Infantry/Kardakes
1x Galatian or Greek Infantry
SPECIALTY CORPS (0-1 unit)
0-1x Indian Elephants
0-1x Scythed Chariots
SeLEUCID ROYAL SYRIAN
ARMY
Total manpower about 30,000, generally based in Antiocheia and commanded by the king or one of
his sons or top generals. The Western Army, based in Syria, was the strongest in the phalanx,
especially if the SilverShields were included. Because the king was often in command, the
SilverShields could number the 5,000 drawn from the Syrian settlements or the full 10,000.
THE CAVALRY (3-4000 strong, 4 units)
1x BG Cavalry
1x Hetairoi/Lydian Lancers/Kataphraktoi
1x Xystophoroi/Hippeis/Anataloian Cavalry/Galatian Cavalry
1x Asiatic Hippakontistai or other Light Cavalry
THE AGEMA (5,000, up to 2-3 units)
1-2x Agema Phalangitai
0-2x Makedones Peltastai (optional 1x Hypaspistai)
THE PHALANX (12-17,000 strong, 5-7 units)
5x Phalangitai
2x Pantodapoi Phalangitai (optional)
AUXILIARIES (8-12,000 strong, 5-8 units)
1x Cretan Archers or Peltasts
0-3x Anatolian Peltasts/Spearmen/Archers (if passing on the Pantodapoi Phalangitai)
2x Galatian infantry
2x Hemithorakitai/Ioudaioi/Uazali
ELEPHANT CORPS (0-1 unit of Indian Elephants)
SeLEUCID MIKRASIA ARMY
Total manpower around 18-25,000, the command in Asia Minor was based in Sardis traditionally, and
for much of the third century was held by either one of the princes or by in-laws of the kings
THE CAVALRY (2,500-3,000, 3 units)
1x BG Cavalry
1x Lydian Lancers or Hellenic Cavalry
1x Cappadocian or Galatian Cavalry
1x Asiatic Hippakontistai or other Light Cavalry
THE PHALANX (6-12,000, 3-5 units)
1-2x Phalangitai
2-3x Pantodapoi Phalangitai
AUXILIARIES (10-14,000, 7-9 units)
1x Cretan Archers or Peltasts
2-3x Anatolian Peltasts/Spearmen/Archers
2-3x Galatian infantry
2x Greeks or Uazali
CHARIOT CORPS (0-1 unit)
0-1x Scythed Chariots
From paullus
KOINON helenon army
Koinon Hellenon Army, considering Sparta and the Koinon Akhaion could alone field something like
20,000 infantry plus 2,000 cavalry during our period. Imagining a larger coalition like at Khaironeia,
let's imagine a full Koinon army of roughly 35,000 men. Cavalry numbers varying depending on the
poleis involved in the alliance
STRATEGOS POLEMARCHOS AND PICKED TROOPS
1x BG
1x Epilektoi Hoplitai
MUSTERED CITIZENS
4x Hoplitai (these of course could reflect also regional recruitment. If a Spartan army they would be
4x Lakonikoi for example. A coalition force could have say 1-2x Lakonikoi and the rest from other
poleis). Mid-Late versions could feature 2x Thorakitai too...
4x Hoplitai Haploi. Mid-Late versions could feature 2x Phalangitai Deuteroi, 2x Machairophoroi and
2x Thureophoroi or any combination of these troops. Haploi would get supplanted though...
MERCENARIES
2x Hemithorakitai Peltophoroi or Mistophoroi Hoplitai. Mid-late versions, could feature Mistophoroi
Phalangitai. Depending on regionality Galatian/Keltic or other barbarian infantrymen could also be
featured...
2x Kretan units (Peltastai or Toxotai, any combination) or Rhodian Sphendonetai. Depending on
regionality Thraikian or other barbarian skirmishers could also be featured...
PSILOI, SERVANTS AND CAMP FOLLOWERS
2x Sphendonetai. Depending on regionality non-Hellenic missile levy units could be used...
2x Akontistai. Depending on regionality non-Hellenic skirmisher levy units could be used. Mid-Late
versions could feature Euzonoi...
MUSTERED CAVALRY
1x Hippeis or Xystophoroi or Hippeis Thessalikoi. Mid-Late versions could feature Lonchophoroi
Hippeis...
1x Hippakontistai. Mid-Late versions could feature Thureopherontes Hippeis or Thraikian units
In the end depending on the provinces united by the Koinon, two heavy cavalry units could be
featured, for example Lonchophoroi and Thessalikoi. Also tactical and strategical needs might require
the allotment of two mercenary slots as cavalrymen instead of infantrymen for example. However
anything beyond 3,500-4,000 (3-4 cavalry units) would be ahistorical and 2,000-2,500 should be the
norm...
From Arjos
Additional info from paullus
If you want for regional armies to be represented, that is, you could do models for the regional
armies, all about 10-12,000 strong, Attic, Boiotian, Aetolian, Achaian, Lakonian, etc.
A full levy among the Aetolians could probably field about 16,000, plus mercenaries, but such a
number was never recorded in the field, except in multiple contingents during the Galatian invasion.
About 1,000 epilektoi, 6,000 hoplitai (or thorakitai), 4,000 hemithorakitai (or thureophoroi), 4,000
skirmishers, and up to 1,000 cavalry. The Aetolians did switch to thureoi at some point, and are one
of the few Greek powers who never experimented with a pike phalanx.
The Boiotian League definitely could field a force of a little less than 11,000, plus levies. The not quite
11,000-strong semi-professional force generally included 1,000 epilektoi, 9,000 hoplites (or
diversified troops, they fielded thureophoroi and phalangitai in phases in the third century), and less
than 4-800 cavalry. They could field light troops if needed as well.
The Achaean League went through several phases, but often enrolled a field force around 11,000
strong, and fielded 21,000 in a field army on at least one occasion. In the battle near Mantinea in 207
BC Philopoemen had, conjecturing, about 2-3,000 Illyrian hoplitai and mercenary thorakitai, about
500 Tarantines, about 1,000 Achaean cavalry (lonchophoroi or aspidiotai), about 2-3,000 mercenary
light infantry (thureophoroi?), about 1-2,000 skirmishers (euzonoi?), and a phalanx of probably about
10,000, or in total about 18,000. The Achaean League was famous for fielding phalangites, especially
after the Philopoemen reforms, and were quick to field thorakitai as well.
But anyway, an army of about 8 units should be the standard KH semipro army, unless combining
regional forces or carrying out a big mercenary recruitment or calling up a lot of levies: 1x cavalry, 3-
4x hoplitai/thorakitai, 3-4x hemithorakitai/psiloi.
Kimmerios Bosporos
Army
Roughly 10,000 cavalry, 20,000 infantry and 4,000 heavy professionaly infantrymen
ARKHON/STRATEGOS with entourage
1x BG
1x Thrakian Infantry (Peltenai or Rompaianai)
1x Hellenistic Infantry (Hoplitai, Peltastai Logades or Hyperaspistai). Mid-Late can use Thorakitai
BOSPORAN MUSTERED CAVALRY
4x units - mixture of Hippakontistai, Raskumezenai and Xystophoroi. Generally 2x skirmishers, 1x
non-Hellenic (but not nomad) and 1x Hellenic. Mid-Late eras would use something like 2x
Thureopherontes Hippotoxotai, 1x Thureopherontes Hippeis and 1x non-Hellenic unit.
ALLIED NOMAD CAVALRY
6x units - 1x Skuda Azdata, the leading chieftain and his nobles. 1x non-Skythian cavalry, the foreign
followers/adventurers of the chieftain. 4x Skuda Aspabarata, the mustered tribesmen of the
chieftain. (Obviously this adapts to whichever tribe provides the allied contingent, could just as easily
be a Sauromatian or a Thraikian chieftain for example. Simply adapt this particular composition to
match the provinces in which it is mustered)...
LEVIED INFANTRYMEN
7x units - 2x Doryphoroi Pontikoi (when defending home territories at least one of these could be
Hoplitai Haploi), 2x Hellenistic units (Hemithorakitai, Thureophoroi, Machairophoroi, Euzonoi and
Thureopherontes Toxotai depending on the era, tactical needs or availability), 3x non-Hellenistic
units (Skuda Drunabarata, Sauroma Drunabaratæ or whatever regional infantry is available like
Uisusparos Kingetoi, Basternai, Thraikes, Getai, Maiotai, Tauroi, people from the Kaukasos etc).
Note on deployment :
The cavalry is actually supposed to be deployed in the middle (just few thousands would protect one
flank usually to prevent encirclements), with the infantry at the flanks. Generally the professionals
are together on the right flank to execute a knock out punch. The idea is that if the cavalry is facing
opponents it can charge down, then it goes for it, but if the opponents are heavier, the cavalry
skirmish with them, attempting to forcing them out, while the archers at the flanks shoot the
unprotected flanks or rear of the enemy. In such scenarios the Bosporan army is already in a pincher
attack and the cavalry can simply rally and charge down the disordered enemy infantry...
From Arjos
CAMIllian Roman
Consular Army
Total Manpower about 20-26,000, depending on the recruitment of allies and auxiliaries beyond the
standard Roman legions and Latin alae. It was rare to have more than two consular legions active at
once in the Camillan era, and 3 or more were fielded on only a handful of times in the Samnite and
Pyrrhic Wars.
Major military mobilization in the First Punic War led to the appearance of proconsular or praetorian
command of consular armies more frequently than ever before. But aside from Telamon and the
early stages of the Second Punic War, two consular armies per year remained the standard after 242
as well.
THE CAVALRY (1,200–2,000 strong, usually 2, up to 3 units)
1x BG aka Extraordinarii
1x Equites
Up to 1x Oscan Cavalry
THE ROMANS AND LATINS (20,000 strong, 12 units)
2x Leves
4x Hastati
4x Principes
4x Triarii
OPTIONAL SOCII CONTINGENTS (up to 8,000, up to 4 units, choose 1 Contingent)
NORTH ITALIAN (4max) OSCAN (4max)
1x Leves or alternate light unit 1x Leves
1-2x Umbrian Infantry (Hastati) 3x Oscan Spearmen
1-2x Etruscan Hoplites
CAMMILIAN Roman
PRAETORIAN Army
These armies numbered about 10,500 normally, and managed lesser areas in combat zones or
occupied troublesome provinces. Praetorian military commands were not particularly common in the
Camillan era outside of the First Punic War, and on many occasions may have commanded Italian
Socii in place of a Roman legion.
THE CAVALRY (500-1,200 strong, 1-2 units)
1x BG or Equites
0-1x Oscan or local auxilliary Cavalry
THE ROMANS AND LATINS (up to 10,000, 8 units)
2x Leves
2x Hastati (may replace 1-2x with Umbrians)
2x Principes (may replace 1-2x with Oscans)
2x Triarii (may replace 1-2x with Etruscans)
LOCAL AUXILIARIES (3-6,000, 2-4 units)
Light and medium infantry contingent on local recruitment
Polybian Roman
Consular Army
Total Manpower about 32,000, provided auxiliary recruitment is included. The standard consular
army was actually closer to 26,000. Generally, consular legions were commanded by the consuls
themselves, but in the Polybian era, as the Republic mobilized enormous levels of manpower,
consular legions were also occasionally commanded by praetors in troublesome provinces like either
Hispania, or retained as the Urban Legions, a strategic reserve based in Latium, or deployed under
praetors to gain experience before being dispatched, under consular command, to war zones. In
theory there should never be more than two consular legions in the Republic, but in the Polybian era
there were often four or more active in any single year, until the advent of the demographic crisis
after mid-century
THE CAVALRY (1,200–2,400 strong, 2-3 units)
1x Body Guard Cavalry aka Extraordinarii
1-2x Equites (may replace one with Numidian or Spanish light cavalry auxiliary)
THE ROMANS (10,000 strong, 7 units) THE ALLIES (15,000 strong, 8 units)
1x Velites 2x Velites
2x Hastati 2x Pedites Extraordinarii
2x Principes 4x Cohors Sociorum
2x Triarii
THE AUXILIARIES (5,000, 3-4 units)
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN CENTRAL/EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
2-3x Iberians/Celtiberians 1x Cretan Archers
Up to 1x African Elephants 1x Ligurian Swordsmen
1-x Illyrian/Greek medium infantry
Up to 1x African Elephants
Polybian Roman
PRAETORIAN Army
Occasionally Praetors were granted consular armies, but usually they commanded a standard-size
Roman legion and an ala, which force they could augment with some allies. Total: about 12,500, up
to 19,000 with heavy auxiliary recruitment. Quite a few praetors with military commands did not
receive a legion at all, and instead commanded Italian allies or other auxiliaries. For example, when
the Sicilian praetor was granted troops, he rarely commanded either a legion or Italian allies, but
instead levied Hellenistic troops.
THE CAVALRY (500-1,200 strong, 1-2 units)
1x Body Guard Cavalry aka Extraordinarii
1-2x Equites (may replace one with Numidian or Spanish light cavalry auxiliary)
THE ROMANS (about 5,000 4 units*) THE ALLIES (7,000 strong, 2 units)
1x Velites 1x Velites
1x Hastati 2x Cohors Sociorum
1x Principes
1x Triarii
LOCAL AUXILIARIES (3,000-6,000, 2-4 units), light and medium infantry, contingent on local
recruitment
*size exaggerated to have one of each
Polybian SPECIAL PURPOSES
CONSULAR/PROCONSULAR ARMY
Tied to crucial, war-winning campaigns, these pushed the manpower of the army to about 40,000 or
more by increasing the size of legions to 6,000 or more, and the ala to 10,000 or more, leaving little
room for auxiliaries in a 20-unit army. Only great commanders could lead armies of this size, men like
Claudius Nero, Scipio Africanus, Scipio Asiaticus, Aemilius Paullus, etc. These armies did not appear
on a regular basis, nor often was more than one fielded at a time, and their commanders always held
incredible auctoritas, and filled the ranks of their formidable armies with clients and veterans.
THE CAVALRY (2,500 strong, 3 units)
1x BG Cavalry
1x Equites
1x Specialty Light Cavalry (esp Numidians, but could be Spaniards or Gauls)
THE ROMANS (14,000 strong, 8 units) THE ALLIES (20,000 strong, 9 units)
1x Velites 2x Velites
3x Hastati 2x Pedites Extraordinarii
2x Principes 5x Cohors Sociorum
2x Triarii
From paullus
SAUROMATAE ARMIES
Khsiragan Army
Kshiragan Aladara and his kinsmen (center) – 5,600
1x BG
1x Sauroma Wazdatae
1x Sgal-betsan Baragatae
3x Khshiraga Baragatae
Mustered Warriors (right flank) – 7,800
3x Sauroma Baragatae
3x Sauroma Drunabaratae
Allied Maiotai and Zygoi (left flank) – 11,000
2x Phaezaeghaskhkha
3x Paejekha
3x Saeraegwaekha
Total infantry 12,800 – Total cavalry 11,600 – total 24,400
Iwzag Army
Iwzag Aladara and his kinsmen (Right Flank) - 5,600
1x BG
1x Sauroma Wazdatæ
1x Sgal-betsan Baragatæ
3x Iwzag Baragatæ
Mustered Warriors (Center) - 11,600
2x Sauroma Baragatæ
3x Sauroma Drunabaratæ
3x Voini
Allied Basternai (Left Flank) - 8,400
2x Markaridai
4x Draugai
Total Infantry 16,000 - Total Cavalry 9,600 - Total 25,600
RAUSKHSALAN Army
Raukhsalan Aladara and his kinsmen (Center) - 5,600
1x BG
1x Raukhsalan Wazdatæ
1x Sgal-betsan Baragatæ
3x Raukhsalan Baragatæ
Mustered Warriors (Right Flank) - 7,000
1x Sauroma Wazdatæ
6x Sauroma Baragatæ
Allied Maiotai (Left Flank) - 9,400
1x Phæzæghashkha
3x Pæjekha
3x Særægwækha
Total Infantry 6,400 - Total Cavalry 15,600 - Total 22,000
AURSAN Army
Aursan Aladara and his kinsmen (Center) - 5,600
1x BG
1x Aursa Wazdatæ
1x Sgal-betsan Baragatæ
3x Aursa Baragatæ
Mustered Warriors (Right Flank) - 7,000
1x Sauroma Wazdatæ
6x Sauroma Baragatæ
Allied Khsiragatæ (Left Flank) - 8,800
1x Sauroma Wazdatæ
3x Khsiraga Baragatæ
3x Sauroma Drunabaratæ
Total Infantry 4,800 - Total Cavalry 16,600 - Total 21,400
UGRIC Army
Ugric Aladara and his kinsmen (Center) - 5,600
1x BG
1x Ugra Luvn-khumet
1x Sgal-betsan Baragatæ
2x Alan Baragatæ
1x Aursa Baragatæ
Mustered Warriors (Right Flank) - 7,800
1x Ugra Luvn-khumet
1x Sauroma Baragatæ
1x Aursa Baragatæ
3x Sauroma Drunabaratæ
Allied Alantæ (Left Flank) - 8,000
1x Alan Wazdatæ
3x Alan Baragatæ
1x Sauroma Wazdatæ
3x Sauroma Baragatæ
Total Infantry 4,800 - Total Cavalry 16,600 - Total 21,400
Sauromatian Royal Army
Sauromatian Armdara and his kinsmen (Center) - 5,600
1x BG (Faction Leader)
1x Maryagatæ
2x Khsai Baragatæ
2x Sgal-betsan Baragatæ
Mustered Warriors (Right Flank) - 7,000
1x Raukhsalan Wazdatæ
2x Raukhsalan Baragatæ
2x Sauroma Baragatæ
2x Iwzag Baragatæ
Mustered Warriors (Left Flank) - 7,000
1x Aursa Wazdatæ
2x Aursa Baragatæ
2x Khsiraga Baragatæ
2x Sauroma Baragatæ
Total Cavalry 19,600 - Total 19,600
ALAN Army
Alan Aladara and his kinsmen (Center) - 5,600
1x BG
1x Alan Wazdatæ
1x Sgal-betsan Baragatæ
3x Alan Baragatæ
Mustered Warriors (Right Flank) - 7,000
1x Sauroma Wazdatæ
2x Sauroma Baragatæ
2x Aursa Baragatæ
2x Alan Baragatæ
Allied Saka and Daha (Left Flank) - 8,200
1x Saka Azna Ashwabara
3x Saka Ashwabara
2x Daha Baragata
2x Tsakrt
Total Infantry 3,200 - Total Cavalry 18,000 - Total 21,200
EARLY BALA RAIDING PARTY
Young Ærbada with his kinsmen and followers - 6,800
1x BG
2x Særægwækha or Voini or other local light to medium infantry depending on the geography
3x Sauroma Baragatæ
Grand Bala RAIDING
PARTY
Middle Aged Ærbada with his kinsmen and followers - 12,800
1x BG
1x Maryagatæ
2x Baragatæ of the ethnicity of the Ærbada (Ugric FMs here would have Alan or Aursan ones)
4x Sauroma Baragatæ
2x Særægwækha or Voini or other local light to medium infantry depending on the geography
2x Pæjekha or Alan Baragatæ or other local light cavalry depending on the geography
From Arjos
Early Era Pontic Army
Pontic Basileus or co-ruling Diadokhos and nobles
1x BG
1x Aswar i Khweshawandan
Mustered Horsemen
2x Aswar i Kappodakiya
2x Eranag Aswar
2x Mudunup i Kappodakiya
2x Eranag Aswar i Ashtan
Mustered Infantry
4x Nezagdar i Kappodakiya
2x Arvadni i Kappodakiya
2x Kamandar i Kappodakiya
1x Payadag i Falakhanan
Mercenaries
1x Galatian Line Infantry (dunno their final native name) or Hemithorakitai Peltophoroi or
Mistophoroi Hoplitai
Middle Era Pontic Army
Pontic Basileus or co-ruling Diadokhos and nobles with guards
1x BG
1x Aswar i Khweshawandan
1x Hyperaspistai or Peltastai Logades
Mustered Horsemen
2x Aswar i Kappodakiya
1x Xystophoroi
2x Mudunup i Kappodakiya
2x Netadzik Ayrudzi
Mustered Infantry
2x Pantodapoi Phalangitai
1x Khaldilæ
1x Doryphoroi kata Galaton
1x Machairophoroi kata Galaton
2x Kamandar i Kappodakiya
Mercenaries
1x Galatian Line Infantry (dunno their final native name) or Thureophoroi
1x Katusages or Machairophoroi
1x Galatian Cavalry or Hippomachoi
LATE Era Pontic Army
Pontic Basileus or co-ruling Diadokhos and nobles with guards
1x BG
1x Aswar i Khweshawandan
1x Agema Phalangitai (version without Phalangitai here would have the Thorakitai instead)
1x Bosporitai Logades
1x Harmata Drepanephora
Mustered Horsemen
1x Aspidiotai Hippeis
1x Maryagatæ or Basternai Markaridai
2x Thureopherontes Hippotoxotai
Mustered Infantry
2x Phalangitai (version without Phalangitai here would have Doryphoroi kata Galaton)
1x Khaldilæ (version without Phalangitai here would have Machairophoroi kata Galaton)
1x Doryphoroi kata Galaton
1x Machairophoroi kata Galaton
1x Pezoi Kolkhikoi or Khaldilæ or Phæzæghashkha
2x Thureopherontes Toxotai
Mercenaries
1x Galatian Line Infantry or Katoikoi Thraikes or Thureophoroi
2x Katusages or Basternai Draugai or Machairophoroi
From Arjos
DAHA EARLY ARMY
Daha Spahbed and his kinsmen (Center)
1x Drafsh i Spahbed
1x Daha Wazdatæ
1x Zrehgen Aswar
3x Daha Baragatæ
Mustered Warriors (Right Flank)
1x Aparna Azad
2x Aswar i Kamanan
2x Daha Baragatæ
2x Daha Artsæbaratæ
Warriors from Dependent Oases Communities (Left Flank)
1x Eranag Aswar i Ashtan
1x Payadag i Falakhanan
2x Kamandar i Pahlav
2x Nezagdar
2x Tsakrt
DAHA RAIDING PARTY
Young Leader and his followers
1x Drafsh i Spahbed
2x Payadag i Balk or Payadag i Gurgan or Eranag Payadag i Taparan
1x Daha Baragatæ
1x Aswar i Kamanan
1x Daha Artsæbaratæ
EARY ROYAL PAHLAVAN
ARMY
Spahbed and his Gund
1x Drafsh i Spahbed
1x Zrehgen Aswar
9x Aswar i Kamanan
Mustered Gund
1x Aparna Azad
8x Aswar i Kamanan
PAHLAVAN ARMY
Works for all eras
Spahbed and his Gund
1x Drafsh i Spahbed
1x Aparna Azad (if the FM is not Parthian here should be nobles of his ethnicity)
9x Aswar i Kamanan
Mustered Gund
These reflect the dependant communities under the FM, or the men he managed to gather through
his own personal alliances and money...
1x Medium Cavalry, often likely being Eranag Aswar. Can also be mercenaries.
2x Foot Archers, either Kamandar i Pahlav, Kamandar i Pars, Eranag Payadag, Aryanag Payadag or
other local archers.
1x Payadag i Falakhanan
2x Axemen/Hillmen/Highlanders, either Arvadni i Balk, Arvadni i Gurgan, Eranag Payadag i Taparan or
other local axemen/hillmen/highlanders.
2x Spearmen, either Nezagdar, Tsakrt, Payadag i Kardakan or other local line infantry.
1x Mercenary Infantry
From Arjos
EARLY HAYASTAN GUND
(Army of Armenia - pre-reform, start-of-the-game Yervanduni host)
Hayastan’s style of warfare emphasises damage infliction through missile exchange. They field sizable
contingents of long-distance missile troops and thus have a superior firepower to most other armies
they encounter. Their infantry too, has a large amount of projectile-armed troops. The arms and
armour of their earlier period footmen are typical of indigenous Anatolian cultures - they are mobile
but overall lighter than the cream of their Greco-Macedonian counterparts.
Armenians make up for it by fielding some of the best cavalry and proportion of the mounted troops
in their armies is somewhat greater than in other sedentary societies. That said, the amount of
horsemen Hayastan fields is no match for the nomadic hosts to their north. Hayastan’s key to success
is a combination of mobility, firepower and a presence of solid mounted force.
Historically, combined Hayastan Gund of this period amounted to some 40,000 footmen and 7000-
8000 cavalry. It was composed of a large number of archers and slingers. Infantry was present in
roughly the same measure and most of it carried javelins, although some missile-free spearmen are
also featured. Yervanduni supplemented their armies by some mercenary contingents and had
access to a range of local cavalrymen of excellent quality.
Hayastan has a long history of fielding expeditionary forces, first in support of Persian conquest then
in defence of the Achaemenid Empire. The crown prince led the Armenian contingent and they were
one of the few peoples that had the expertise and resources to provide Persian forces with siege
engines. After destruction of the Achaemenid rule, Yervanduni used their expeditionary force to
advance the dynastic interests and assist their allies in Anatolia, as was the case with aiding
Cappadocian potentates in their struggle against the Macedonians.
Yervanduni thus occasionally meddled in affairs of the neighbouring states and provided armed
assistance to their allies. An average expeditionary contingent of Hayastan represented a halved
version of overall strength of Hayastan Gund and had a similar composition but on a smaller scale.
EARLY HAYASTAN GUND
Leadership – 1-2 units:
FL and/or FH accompanied by a FM - Armenian Bodyguard (Tiknazor)
Long-range missile footmen – 7-8 units:
3-4 units of Anatolian Archers (Kamandar i Kappodakiya)
2-3 units of Eastern Slingers (Payadag i Falakhanan)
2 units of Western Iranian Archer-Spearmen (Eranag Payadag)
Other footmen – 7-8 units:
2-3 units of Armenian Spearmen (Hai Nizagamartik)
2 units Anatolian Spearmen (Nezagdar i Kappodakiya)
1-2 units Anatolian Tribesmen (Arvadni i Kappodakiya)
1-2 units of mercenaries including some of the below:
Phæzæghashkha (North-Western Caucasian Infantry)
Akkadian Heavy Infantry (Erin-mesh Uriki)
Hellenistic Medium Infantry (Hemithorakitai Peltophoroi)
Mercenary Hellenistic Hoplites (Misthophoroi Hoplitai)
Horsemen - 3-4 units including some of the below:
Armenian Horse-Archers (Netadzik Ayrudzi)
Armenian Cataphracts (Aznvakan Aspet)
Anatolian Light Cavalry (Mudunup i Kappodakiya)
Anatolian Medium Cavalry (Aswar i Kappodakiya) or
Iranian Medium Cavalry (Eranag Aswar)
IMPERIAL HAYASTAN GUND
(Army of Armenia – post imperial reform)
Having expanded well beyond its homeland, armies of imperial Hayastan evolved to include a
plethora of peoples, each bringing their native fighting styles and expertise.
A great host of the King of Kings features a rich selection of new troop types but a trained eye can
still discern presence of some of the traditional elements that made up Armenian armies of old.
Cavalry thus still form an important arm in Hayastan’s arsenal and are now present in somewhat
greater numbers.
A considerable number of archers and slingers are still fielded, but their importance has rather
declined and they are not as numerous as they used to be. The main change is a substantial increase
in amount of melee footmen and an overall heaviness of the army. This shift was brought about by
both reforming of the regional footmen and Armenia's expansionist thrust south. Taking over large
areas formerly controlled by the Seleucid and Parthian empires, imperial Hayastan Gund features a
wide selection of heavy melee infantry organised into phalanxes as well as the more flexible
formations increasingly adopted by Hellenistic armies of later period.
Even though King of Kings can now field a substantial contingent of miscellaneous mercenaries and
Greco-Macedonian footmen, the backbone of his armed forces is still formed of the Armenian
cavalry. Various allied leaders and sub-kings are also summoned and these beef up the army with the
contingents of crack horsemen of their own.
Historically, the average imperial Hayastan Gund totalled some 70,000-80,000 soldiers (in
emergencies about the same amount could be levied from Greater Armenia). However, of these
70,000 to 80,000 men, many were part-time levies and only a fraction formed a standing force.
IMPERIAL HAYASTAN GUND
Leadership - 2-3 units:
1 FL - Armenian Bodyguard (Tiknazor) + allied kings - 1-2 x Iranian Heavy Cavalry (Aswar i
Khweshawandan)
Missile footmen – 3 - 4 units:
Eastern Slingers (Payadag i Falakhanan)
Anatolian Archers (Kamandar i Kappodakiya)
Western Iranian Archer-Spearmen (Eranag Payadag)
Persian Archers (Kamandar i Pars)
Other footmen – 10 - 11 units:
Armenian Royal Guard (Dranik Gund)
Galatianised Swordsmen (Machairophoroi kata Galaton)
Galatianised Spearmen (Doryphoroi kata Galaton)
Mercenary Hellenistic Phalanx (Misthophoroi Phalangitai)
Hellenistic Native Phalanx (Pantodapoi Phalangitai)
Armenian Spearmen (Hai Nizagamartik)
North-Western Caucasian Infantry (Phæzæghashkha)
Akkadian Heavy Infantry (Erin-mesh Uriki)
Northern Arabian Thureophoroi (Arabes Thureophoroi)
Mercenary Hellenistic Hoplites (Misthophoroi Hoplitai)
Hellenistic Heavy Spearmen (Thorakitai)
Horsemen – 4 - 5 units:
Iranian Medium Cavalry (Eranag Aswar)
Armenian Horse-Archers (Netadzik Ayrudzi)
Median Cavalry (Aswar i Mad)
Caucasian Lancers (Hayots Ayrudzi)
1-2 Armenian Cataphracts (Aznvakan Aspet)
(Note, Armenians aside, some units may be interchanged for other regionals, i.e. Anatolians, Iranians,
Arabs... of similar class)
From Sarkiss
FINAL NOTE : When the document states units that aren't ingame yet, use units that perform
simmilar roles on teh battlefield
