
110: Making The Right Decisions Each Step of the Way. "Reveries of The Art of War"
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The Romans Beat the Fail Longitudes
Polybius talks about what the Romans did and what their setup was back to the book. Each of the Roman soldiers as he stands in arms is a lot of the same space of three feet. So the fail lengths will lock together the shields protecting the person to your left. It's like a porcupine of death locked together. And obviously the Greeks were hardcore warriors. And this is what they used and they used to crush people with this fail lengths, crush them, spears and shields. That's all you see.
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