Phalanx Mobility

[Dan Diffendale]

I can't give you times for exactly how quickly a phalanx could wheel. I can say that the formation was not really designed to do that. Rather, it was just meant to be lined up and then go straight forward toward the enemy (with a bit of a drift to the right as each man sought to stay behind the shield of the man next to him).<br>
The Spartans may have been able to maneuver relatively more quickly than other Greeks due to their constant training, but I'm not sure of any evidence for this (which someone else may know of). <p></p><i></i>