10-22-2008, 07:29 PM
I always thought it would have been good to place swordsmen in the front rank and both left and right hand files of each syntagma. Swordsmen in the front rank would deal with enemies that manage to get past the hedgehog of pikes, while the swordsmen along the sides would plug in the gaps between the syntagmae and guard against flanking.
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.
