Caracalla's Macedonian Phalanx
The Ancients
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Caracala and the Parthian Army
This is a time when the military has been evolving and changing to counter new threats, such as the new parthian menace in the east. So we shouldn't be thinking that the roman army of this period is monolithic or homogeneous really. And i think what we have with the alexandrian phalanx is a step on that continuum. Rather than caracala absolutely losing the plot ... it fits dio's narrative of casting caracala as this alexander pantasist"
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