Caracalla's Macedonian Phalanx
The Ancients
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What Is a Macedonian Phalanx?
The macedonian phalanx is ssentially the shorthand for the key military unit used by the pan hellenic army of alexander the great. A pike palanx requires an exceptional degree of training in order to wield that unwieldy weapon well. But essentially, you are effectively an impenetrable wall of spear points when your enemy gets close enough. And it gives you tremendous reach, so you can continually pressure enemies that might require range units,. or might rely on cavalry, archery, et cetera. It's an excellent unit for that kind of theatre. That's the macedonianphalanx that caracala tries to resurrect. Yes.
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