The Saite Dynasty was established by Ahsurbanipal of Assyria to control Egypt following several revolts by Kushite Egyptian forces prior to 660 BC. Initially, the Saitic rulers supported the Assyrian governor of Egypt until 651 BC when the Saitic forces rebelled and drove out the remnant of the Assyrian garrison. Later, Egypt supported the last Assyrian ruler against the expanding Neo-Babylonian empire in 609 BC. This led to a major defeat of the Egyptian forces and efforts by the Neo-Babylonians to conquer Egypt. The country remained independent until conquered by the Persians in 525 BC, although several revolts occurred, the last one in 335 BC. The Saite made Greek mercenaries, mainly from Ionia and Caria, an important part of the army. Favouritism of these foreigners led to an army revolt and the overthrow of the legitimate pharaoh in 570 BC. Mercenaries continued to be used by later armies, despite cultural animosities towards the Greeks. Greek influence resulted in the development of phalanx style tactics and adoption of some Greek equipment. Chariots were probably not used by the army after the Persian conquest. According to Herodotus, the army consisted of two military castes: the Calasiries and the Hermotybies. These castes were hereditary with each member supported by a land grant. Soldiers spent one year in the Royal Guard, but did not repeat probably for political reasons. Most of the professional soldiers lived in the northern part of Egypt in or near the Nile Delta. Major garrisons were maintained to guard the three main borders with Libya, Nubia and the Sinai.

Enemies: Kushite Egyptian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, First Temple Hebrew, Later Aramaean, Libyan, Saitic Egyptian and Early Achaemenid Persian.

Stands	Troop Type	Armour	Morale	Training	Weaponry	Figures/ Stand	Point Value
1	Commander-in-Chief	HC	Veteran	Trained	Bow	3	52
0-5	Guard Cavalry	HC	Veteran	Trained	B	3	12
4-8	Light Chariots	LCh	Veteran	Trained	Bow & Spear	1	10
4-8	Horse Archers	SC	Warrior	Irregular	Bow	2	3
0-8	Light Horse	SC	Warrior	Irregular	Javelin & Shield	2	4
0-8	Extra to upgrade SC to Trained						+1
0-8	Chariot Runners	SI	Warrior	Trained	Bow & Shield or Javelin & Shield	2	2
4-16	Guard Spears	UI	Warrior	Trained	Spear & Shield	4	5
0-16	Guard Archers	UI	Warrior	Trained	Bow	4	4
0-1/2	Extra to upgrade Guard to LAI						+1
12-32	Spearmen	UI	Poor	Trained	Long Spear or Spear & Shield	4	4
4-16	Archers	UI	Poor	Trained	Bow	4	3
0-8	Javelin	UI	Poor	Trained	Javelin & Shield	4 Loose	4
0-8	Skirmish	SI	Poor	Trained	Javelin & Shield	2	2
Any	Extra to upgrade Guard to Veteran and/or UI to Warrior						+1
0-32	Extra to upgrade UI to LAI						+1
0-12	Nubian Archers	UI	Warrior	Irregular	Bow	3	2
0-8	Marines	UI	Warrior	Trained	Long Spear or Javelin or Axe & Shield	4 Loose	5
Any	Extra to upgrade Marines to LAI						+1
0-6	Libyans	SI	Warrior	Irregular	Javelin	2	1
0-6	Arab Camels	LCm	Poor	Irregular	Bow	2	3
0-12	Arab Foot	SI	Warrior	Irregular	Sling or Bow	2	1
0-1*	Greek General	HI	Veteran	Trained	Long Spear & Shield	4	36
4-32*	Greek Mercen.	HI	Warrior	Trained	Long Spear & Shield	4	8
Any	Extra to give Javelin to Mercenaries before 524 BC						+1
Any	Downgrade Mercenaries to LAI after 450 BC						-1
0-1	Supply	-	-	-	-	1	15
0-4	Supply	-	-	-	-	1	10
Only Before 600 BC
0-4	Assyrian Cavalry	AC	Poor	Trained	1/2 Spear & Bow, 1/2 Bow	3	12 or 11
0-8	Assyrian Foot	LAI	Poor	Trained	1/2 Spear & Shield, 1/2 Bow	4	5 or 4
Any	Extra to upgrade LAI to HI						+1
Any	Extra to upgrade Poor to Warrior						+1
Only Before 524 BC
Any	Upgrade CinC and Generals to HCh Veteran Trained Spear & Bow						+6
2-6	Heavy Chariots	HCh	Veteran	Trained	Spear & Bow	1	18

Notes:

Chariot Runner rule applies for both army lists..
For a civil war scenario, it is recommended that the rebels upgrade all Egyptian troops and refrain from using mercenaries. The pharaoh's army is permitted mercenaries, but Egyptians should not be upgraded.