12-26-2003, 11:42 PM
One must never forget that Greek battle in the Ancient world was a very controlled and the lines of the Phalanx were to meet line on line, one line eventually pushing the other line back until it disintergrated and routed. In fact many of the so called Hoplite battles disintergrated into routs even before the opposing lines met. Also do not disregard geography greece is full of mountains and passes and in order not to be outflanked it was a simple matter of filling up the valley from wall to wall. The Greek tactics of the day called for a Hoplite to push forward and to never retreat, a fact that Phillip and Alexander used to great effect as they introduced a strategic retreat of part of thier Phalanx line in order to force an opening in the opposing line to get the cavallry through and cause havoc. <p></p><i></i>
