Greeks vs Romans: Empires at War
The Ancients
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What Is the Hoplite Phalanx?
The term phalanx is first actually used by homer to describe a deep body of spearmen. The main troops fighting in this formation are hoplites with this panapole based on greek designs. By the time of fifth and fourth century b c, probably a corset of sheets of linen, glued together to form a very stiff shirt. And then think of these warriors in this deep spearman formation, eight men deep, ten men deep, 12 men deep, in files.
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