Project- Influences of Roman military on modern day riot control

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A fairly rare example of riot police maneuvering in a fairly open space. It's quite fascinating to see the way the small units manoeuver one way then another. I wonder to which extent the Romans relied on their 6-10 men tent groups. At around 5 minutes, you see a unit shuffling to the right to make room for reinforcement. And then spread out in a somewhat more open formation to cover more ground but always keeping each small team tight. Which makes me think of that battle in the Anabasis where Xenophon has his men perform something vaguely similar.
https://youtu.be/zFkyR5UQfX8?t=44s