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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 350BC the Macedonian phalanx was the (combined) Joint Strike Fighter and Main Battle Tank of the ancient world. Aged just 20 when his father was assassinated, Alexander the Great inherited a tiny ...

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 ...