Rome Total War- Battle strategies

[M. Demetrius]

Cavalry sometimes does bad things to the velites, but if you post a group of Hastati with them, the damage is greatly lessened, since the velites will retreat and the hastati will take the brunt of the cavalry, while supported by the javelins. Don't turn off the button that lets them scurry around on their own, though, they're not much good if they have to stand and fight. Light infantry. They do pretty well against archers, head to head, I've found, except those near-immortal Egyptian archers.