+- RomanArmyTalk (https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat)
+-- Forum: Recreational Arena (https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/forumdisplay.php?fid=6)
+--- Forum: Off-Topic (https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/forumdisplay.php?fid=18)
+--- Thread: Did the Greek city states adopt the Macedonian Phalanx? (/showthread.php?tid=214)
Did the Greek city states adopt the Macedonian Phalanx? - Anonymous - 09-26-2003
After seeing their success with Alexander, did the Greek city states replace their hoplites with the Macedonian Phalanx? <p></p><i></i>
Did the Greek city states adopt the Macedonian Phalanx? - Anonymous - 09-26-2003
Some of them did, eventually. But the earliest of these wasn't till almost a century after Alexander.<br>
<br>
What seems to have happened was that some states - the Achaian League and the Boiotians, that we know of, maybe others - replaced the old hoplite panoply with the thureos, a light, narrow oval shield probably copied from the Galatians. Later, the Achaians, Boiotians and Sparta (that we know of) adopted the Macedonian phalanx. <p></p><i></i>
Re: Did the Greek city states adopt the Macedonian Phalanx? - Jeroen Pelgrom - 09-26-2003
by knowledge, the Spartans adopted the Macedonian phalanx about 250 BC or so.. <p>Volo anaticulam cumminosam meam!</p><i></i>
Re: Did the Greek city states adopt the Macedonian Phalanx? - Anonymous - 09-26-2003
<br>
Well, if we are not sure what Macedonian phalanx of Alexander the Great was like, how can we find out when someone adopted it?<br>
<br>
BTW, are we speaking of adopting Macedonian weapons and armor or formation ?<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
warrior11<br>
<img src="http://www.chathome.com.ua/smile/182.gif" style="border:0;"/><br>
<p></p><i></i>
phalanx - Anonymous - 10-05-2003
If the Romans saw the Phalanx before 250 BC in the war with phyrus, then it should have spread to the Greek states before that time. <p></p><i></i>
Phalanx - Anonymous - 10-07-2003
Why?<br>
<br>
Pyrrhus is a special case, he's virtually an honorary Macedonian - king of Macedon for a while, and some of his infantry in Italy actually were Macedonians. His army certainly can't be considered a Greek city-state force. <p></p><i></i>