Around the 300s B.C.E., the phalanx had become much denser. In the Royal Macedonian army’s version, well-armored soldiers were assembled in files 16 deep, sporting 14-18 foot-long pikes (the sarissa) ...
Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. xii, 344. Maps, tables, appends., notes, biblio., index. $99.99. ISBN: 1107104440 The Fall of ...
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 ...
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