03-31-2014, 02:49 AM
With flexibility on the field, I mainly mean the capability of any phalanx (closed ordered infantry) to advance against an opponent, withdraw, change facing and generally perform all the normal maneuvers and evolutions expected to be performed during combat as well as the reasonable performance of the formation in normal batlle-field terrain. Role flexibility would be a different thing. Roman legionaries are renowned for their ability to act as skirmishers as well as in line, as were the hypaspists of Alexander.
