04-04-2009, 08:08 AM
Paul B. wrote:
....does this mean that we all generally accept that the development of the Greek Phalkanx was largely 'evolutionary', as I postulated earlier ? The only development that perhaps could be termed 'revolutionary' was the adoption of the 'Argive Aspis' which occurred, most likely, in the 8 C BC, or, as some prefer, mid 7C BC.
Quote:I tend to believe in minimal "revolutions" and staged evolutionary progression.
....does this mean that we all generally accept that the development of the Greek Phalkanx was largely 'evolutionary', as I postulated earlier ? The only development that perhaps could be termed 'revolutionary' was the adoption of the 'Argive Aspis' which occurred, most likely, in the 8 C BC, or, as some prefer, mid 7C BC.
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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