03-08-2009, 07:08 PM
Another good reason for the depth could be psychological. It would be morale boosting to know you have 15 ranks of guys backing you up. And another would be to continuously replace losses so that the phalanx can keep the enemy fixed in place for as long as possible.
Michael D. Hafer [aka Mythos Ruler, aka eX | Vesper]
In peace men bury their fathers. In war men bury their sons.
In peace men bury their fathers. In war men bury their sons.