This list covers the armies of Argead Macedonia from the establishment of the Argead dynasty until the reforms of Philip II. The army relied on its noble cavalry. A coin of Alexander I shows a cavalryman in petasos hat and cloak carrying two very long spears and riding an unarmoured horse. In the 420s, they were described as excellent horsemen and wearing corslets; and at Olynthos in 382 BC they charged aggressively. The infantry were as yet mostly armed with javelins and wicker shields. The elite pezhetaroi “foot companions” that replaced hoplites from 498 probably became the hypaspists of Philip II, depicted on one monument as unarmoured spearmen with helmets and hoplite shields. Reference: Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars D. Head.
I/54
EARLY MACEDONIAN 650 BC - 355 BC
— Early Macedonian Army 650 BC - 355 BC
List: 1 x General (3Kn), 1 x companions (3Kn), 2 x hoplites (Sp) or pezhetaroi (4Ax) or peasant levies (3Ax), 6 x peasant levies (3Ax), 2 x psiloi (Ps)
Terrain: Arable
Aggression: 0
Enemies:
I/47 — ILLYRIAN 700 BC - 10 AD
I/48 — THRACIAN 700 BC - 46 AD
I/52 — EARLY HOPLITE GREEK 669 BC - 449 BC
I/60 — EARLY ACHAEMENID PERSIAN 550 BC - 420 BC
I/63 — PAIONIAN 512 BC - 284 BC
II/5 — LATER HOPLITE GREEK 448 BC - 225 BC
Allies:
I/47 or II/5b
I/47 — ILLYRIAN 700 BC - 10 AD
II/5 — LATER HOPLITE GREEK 448 BC - 225 BC