Army Lists 700BC - 400BC

Compiled
By
Franco Antonelli

If you find any of the following army compositions not to your liking or you want a larger battle or you want to field a particular army that isn't reflected in any of the pre-prepared armies here, please feel free to amend them. My research is by no means exhaustive.

Items in brackets are optional, depending on your take on history! EG. (Armoured) Hoplites Spearmen, if you feel Greek Hoplites of that period should be classed as Armoured fine, if not don't! Also, the very top row of each army list has a number of blank cells. To save space all of these should read; "bases or actual figures".

Cypriot (1000-496 BC):

Troops	%
Nobles HC or Heavy Chariots	5
Spearmen	60
Asiatic Foot	20
Skirmishers, Archers, Slingers or Javelins	15

Italian Hill Tribes(1000-290 BC):
Umbrian, Samnite and Hernicinot allowed to use Gallic Style Infantry

Troops	Morale	%
Cavalry HC	Regular or Veteran	20
Warriors Peltasts or Gallic Style Infantry	Regular or Veteran	30
Skirmishers, Archers, Slingers or Javelins	Regular	50

Early Persian States (835-621 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Cavalry HC	Regular or Veteran	20
Asiatic Foot	Conscript or Regular	30
Skirmishers, Archers, Slingers or Javelins	Conscript or Regular	50

Phrygian (800-676 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Light Chariots	Regular	10
Cavalry HC	Regular	10
Peltasts	Conscript or Regular	50
Skirmishers Archers, Slingers or Javelins	Conscript or Regular	30

Cimmerian, Skythian and Early Hu (750-50 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Cavalry	Regular or Veteran	10
Cavalry LC	Regular	70
Peltasts	Conscript or Regular	10
Skirmishers Archers, Slingers or Javelins	Conscript or Regular	10

Greece, Archaicand Early Classical Period(700-450 BC):

Greece, other than Phokian, Aitolian and Acharnanian:

Troops	Morale	%
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Regular	80
Cavalry HC	Conscript	10
Skirmishers Archers, Slingers or Javelins	Conscript	10

Phokian, Aitolian and Acharnanian;

Troops	Morale	%
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Regular	50
Skirmishers Archers, Slingers or Javelins	Conscript	50

Italian Greeks:

Troops	Morale	%
Cavalry HC	Conscript	10
Cavalry HC or LC	Conscript	5
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Conscript	70
Peltasts	Regular	5
Skirmishers	Conscript or Regular	10

Illyrian (700 BC - 10 AD):

Troops	Morale	%
Cavalry LC	Regular	10
Peltasts	Veteran	70
Skirmishers Javelins or Slingers	Regular or Veteran	20

Thracian (700 BC - 46 AD):

Troops	Morale	%
Cavalry HC	Regular	5
Cavalry LC	Regular	15
Peltasts	Regular or Veteran	60
Skirmishers Javelins or Slingers	Regular or Veteran	20

Lydian (687-546 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Nobles HC	Veteran	10
Light Cavalry and/ or Light Chariots	Regular	10
Asiatic Foot	Conscript	10
Skirmishers, Archers, Slingers or Javelins	Regular or Conscript	10
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Conscript	10
Spearmen	Regular	50

Egyptian, Saitic Dynasty (660-525 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Heavy cavalry HC	Regular	10
Light Cavalry LC	Regular	5
Asiatic Foot	Conscript	15
Skirmishers, Archers, Slingers or Javelins	Regular or Conscript	15
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Regular	20
Egyptian Spearmen	Conscript	30

Early Macedonian (650-355 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Heavy cavalry HC	Regular	10
Skirmishers, Archers, Slingers or Javelins	Conscript	10
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Regular	20
Peasant Peltasts	Conscript	60

Italian, Umbrian (650-290 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Heavy cavalry HC	Regular	10
Skirmishers, Archers, Slingers or Javelins	Regular	10
Peltasts	Regular	80

Italian, Early Latin (650-400 BC, incl. Rome till 578 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Heavy cavalry HC	Regular	10
Skirmishers, Archers, Slingers or Javelins	Regular	10
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Regular	20
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Conscript	60

Italian, Etruscans (650-450 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Heavy cavalry HC or Light Chariots	Regular	10
Skirmishers, Archers, Slingers or Javelins	Conscript	20
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Regular	20
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Conscript	40
Armoured Swordsmen	Regular	10

Kyrenean Greeks (630-314 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Heavy cavalry HC or Light Chariots	Regular	20
Hoplite Spearmen	Regular or Veteran	50
Skirmishers Javelins	Regular	15
Skirmishers Archers or Slingers	Regular	15

Mede Kingdom (620-550 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Heavy cavalry HC	Regular	20
Spearmen	Conscript	50
Asiatic Foot	Conscript	15
Skirmishers Archers or Slingers	Regular	15
Kaspian or Parikanian LC	Regular	5
Armenian Peltasts	Regular	5

Rome after the reforms of Servius Tullius (578(ish)-400 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Equites HC	Regular	20
1^st Class foot Spearmen	Veteran	25
2^nd Class Spearmen	Regular	25
3^rdClass Peltasts	Regular	15
Skirmishers Archers, Javelins or Slingers	Conscript	15

Persian: Early Achaemenid (550-465 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Heavy cavalry HC or Light chariot	Regular	20
Light cavalry LC	Regular	20
Armoured Asiatic Foot	Regular	30
Asiatic Foot	Conscript	10
Skirmishers Archers, Javelins or Slingers	Conscript	10
Armoured Asiatic Foot or From 546BC	Veteran	10
From 546BcC Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Regular or Conscript	10
From 546BC Marine Peltasts	Regular	10

Carthage, Early Period (550-275 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Heavy cavalry HC or Heavy chariot	Regular	20
Light cavalry LC	Regular	10
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Regular	40
Spanish Peltasts	Veteran	10
Skirmishers Archers, Javelins or Slingers	Regular	10
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen OR	Regular	10
Ligurian or Sardinian Peltasts	Regular Grade	10
Italo-Gallic Style Infantry	Regular	10

Lykian (546-300 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Light chariot until 500BC, Heavy cavalry HC	Regular	10
Swordsmen	Conscript	10
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Regular	40
Peltasts	Regular	20
Skirmishers Archers, Javelins or Slingers	Regular	20

Paionian (512-284 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Light cavalry LC	Regular	10
Peltasts	Regular	80
Skirmishers Archers, Javelins or Slingers	Regular or Veteran	10

Republican Indian (500-321 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Heavy chariot	Veteran	20
Heavy cavalry HC	Conscript	20
Swordsmen	Conscript or Regular	10
Asiatic Foot	Regular	50

Northwest Mountain Indian (500-170 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Indian Elephant		10
Light cavalry LC	Regular	20
Spearmen	Regular	30
Asiatic Foot OR Skirmishers	Regular	30
Mercenary Swordsmen	Conscript	10

Classical Indian--Pre-Maurya (500-321 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Indian Elephant		20
Light or Heavy chariots	Regular	10
Heavy cavalry HC	Conscript	10
Asiatic Foot	Regular	40
Swordsmen	Regular	10
Peasant Slingers or Tribesmen Skirmishers	Regular	5

Middle Achaemenid Persian (465-405 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Light Chariot or Heavy cavalry HC	Veteran	10
Heavy cavalry HC	Regular	10
Sogdian, Arachosian or Skythian Light cavalry LC	Regular	15
Armoured Asiatic Foot	Regular	15
Asiatic Foot	Conscript	10
Takabara Peltasts	Regular	20
Auxiliary Skirmishers Slingers	Regular	10
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Conscript	10

Middle Hoplite Greece (450-211 BC):

Athens (until 275 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Heavy cavalry HC	Regular	5
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen Tyrant's Bodyguard	Veteran	5
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Regular	50
Peltasts	Regular	15
Skirmishers Slingers	Regular	15
Skirmishers Javelins OR	Conscript	10
Paphlagonian Light cavalry LC	Regular	10

Theban and Boetian (until 275 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Heavy cavalry HC	Regular	10
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen Sacred Band	Guard	5
Mercenary Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Veteran	20
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Regular	30
Peltasts	Regular	20
Skirmishers Javelins	Regular	10

Sparta (until 275 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen Spartiates & Bodyguard	Veteran or Guard	70
Skirmishers Helots Javelins	Conscript	10
Peltasts	Regular	10
Skirmishers Helots Javelins OR	Conscript	10
Heavy cavalry HC OR	Conscript	10
Peltasts	Regular	10

Aitolian and Phokian (until 275 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Skirmishers Javelins	Veteran	40
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Regular	20
Peltasts	Regular	10
Mercenary Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Regular	20
Skirmishers Javelins, Slingers or Archers OR	Regular	10
Atolian Light cavalry LC OR	Regular	10
Phokian Artillery	Veteran	10

Syracusan (until 211 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Skirmishers Javelin	Conscript	25
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen Tyrant's Bodyguard or Mercenaries	Veteran	20
Spanish Peltasts	Regular	10
Italiot or Siciliot Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Conscript	35
Gallic Style Infantry	Veteran	10
Greek Light cavalry LC	Regular	10

Tarantine (until 280 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Heavy cavalry HC	Regular	10
Tarantine Light Cavalry LC	Regular	20
Italiot or Sciciliot Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Conscript	40
Peltasts	Regular	20
Skirmishers Slingers	Regular	10

Thessalian (until 321 BC):

Troops	Morale	%
Noble Thessalian Heavy cavalry HC	Veteran	5
Light cavalry LC or Heavy cavalry HC	Regular	10
Armoured Hoplite Spearmen	Regular	15
Peltasts	Regular	40
Skirmishers Slingers	Regular	10
Skirmishers Javelins	Conscript

Army Lists 700BC - 400BC

Compiled By Franco Antonelli

Compiled
By
Franco Antonelli