Greeks vs Romans: Empires at War
The Ancients
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The Macedonian Phalanx and Italy
Macedonian phalanx proves effectiveness against its closest neighbors in italy over following decade. Why didn't people just follow what the macedoni are doing themselves? It begs the question, by the way, why dod they wait 50 or a hundred years to do it? Maybe it's money, isn't it? Because e effectively fill up the second army. 's a professional army. Although there were citizen soldiers, there was enough wealth in macerdon to actually keep them in uniform as long as necessary. So you have this professional military operation in the north of greece and then dominating the rest ofgreece. By the time that took place, it was the
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