"Concentrate on production in your cities away from your borders.  It can take so long to bring troops up from the rear that your resources will be better spent there beefing up your empire's production." - TEM

"Before a battle, position your troops so that they can get to any enemy missile units and bring them into hand to hand combat as quickly as possible." - TEM

"if possible charge cavalry into missile units to quickly eliminate the threat" - c diz

"Roman armies composed wholly of large units of auxiliary archers are next to unbeatable when massed in 2 deep columns alongside each other. Unit losses are also kept low, even when charged by massed cavalry." - romanrick

"AS SOON AS YOU CONQUER A CITY, BUILD A BIGGER FORTRESS.EVEN IF THE ENEMY ATTACKS YOU BEFORE IT IS ACTUALLY BUILT IN SPRING YOU'LL STILL GET TH EXTRA RESERVE UNITS (CANON FODDER)" - handleoralias