Arrangement inside maniple: Vegetius

[Cesco]

Ok, i found this, it's in Greek:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text...ection%3D4

My knowledge of ancient greek it's prety limitated, but, if i understand properly, synaspismos was formed simply by closing ranks and files, without doubling or dividing ranks, as instead is showed in the picture i posted...right?

[Macedon]

It could be achieved in a number of ways. Some of them included insertion of files, others the closing in of the existing files. It depends on whether you want to shorten your frontage or not.

[Cesco]

Reading Arrian, -even the battle order aganist Alanos- it seems that it was simply achieved by closing ranks and files...i think i will open a specific thread to discuss all possible deployment of a roman formation: i'm very interested in this because this argoument must be related to maniple's relief system.