07-30-2007, 03:39 PM
Sure, Alex razed Thebes to the ground and secured his rear from rebellion for a while, but if that had been done 150 years earlier we might not have had the Theban Echelon Phalanx formation, hence we might not have had the Syntagma/Macedonian Phalanx innovation. It's all connected.
Michael D. Hafer [aka Mythos Ruler, aka eX | Vesper]
In peace men bury their fathers. In war men bury their sons.
In peace men bury their fathers. In war men bury their sons.