However, the lengthy duration of the Peloponnesian Wars required new additions, such as the peltasts or auxiliary light infantrymen, who were not as heavily protected and did not fight in closed ...

The strength of the ancient Greek/Macedonian phalanx drew from symbiotic protection. The shield carried by each hoplite soldier afforded protection to his neighbour, and so on in each rank. Each ...

Long ago, in the days of Philip of Macedon, when whole armies hurled themselves against the dread Macedonian phalanx, Macedonia was a great and independent country. Today, Macedonia is merely a ...

Eight soldier figures, representing a part of Alexander the Great's phalanx, have arrived in Macedonia's capital Skopje, where they will be placed on the central square. The bronze soldiers are ...

Who would win?<BR><BR>Let's set up a scenario:<BR><BR>Say the Romans managed to conquer Europe as they did in our history, but never really went into Asia. Say that when Alexander died, and his empire ...

Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand — It’s an appropriate setting for what everyone on set is calling “the end of the world scene”: a harsh landscape dotted with scrub and a few parched bushes, the ...

Prof. Wrightson (South Dakota State) gives us a summary of the evolution of Greek warfare from the Bronze Age through the height of the wars of the Successors, during which equipment and tactics ...

Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. xii, 344. Maps, tables, appends., notes, biblio., index. $99.99. ISBN: 1107104440 The Fall of ...