Greeks vs Romans: Empires at War
The Ancients
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The Evolution of Armies in the Hellenistic World
After alexander death, you do see evolution in the pipe palanx. The romans are honing their fighting skills of these embryonic legions against their greatest opponent to date. But there is an elephant in the room in this paragrym not mentioned yet. And this is, of course, the carthaginians. It's probably because actuallyy the speed with which the romans engage them. As well as for the hellenistic kingdoms, it was very, very difficult to predict how the romans would to any situation. You don't know if one of your opponents has got their delegation there first, for example. Sohas nothing to do with foreign policy
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