Ok so here is a little table to help you:

Of course, this varies a lot and varies even more with upgrades, but it will give you a basic idea of what the enemy will field. 1 is a very infantry strong army (or large cheap cav units). 05 is usually a cav/siege heavy army and. Get a calculator and divide the number of troops by the denarii spent. This will tell you the number of troops they have and denarii spent. In the army selection screen, put your mouse over the icon in the top right that shows the other players and what countries they are. Anyways, what this post is about is finding out what type of army you enemy is fielding before you get into battle. Right now I am on a 7 game win streak using a modified version of a shock and awe Carthaginian strat. My in-game name is Napoleon_IV so some of you might have played against me before. Well first of all I read these forums all the time, I just never post much.