03-24-2009, 12:55 PM
I understand what your saying but to me it's a bit to simple.
Basically if you get men around the side they coulldn't really counter you without throwing the phalanx into disarray. To me any good general would try to maximise on this i.e send men to attack the sides of the Phalanx.
This leads me to the conclusion that either the generals where not very good or the Phalanx was much more advanced than thought?
Basically if you get men around the side they coulldn't really counter you without throwing the phalanx into disarray. To me any good general would try to maximise on this i.e send men to attack the sides of the Phalanx.
This leads me to the conclusion that either the generals where not very good or the Phalanx was much more advanced than thought?
Francis Aitken
