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Armored Greek infantry formation described as a moving wall.
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Phalanx
Armored Greek infantry formation described as a moving wall.
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The Theban tactical innovation was to slant the phalanx so the Sacred Band struck the enemy's best troops first, causing a psychological break in enemy formation.
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The anvil-and-hammer tactic depends on disciplined coordination between phalanx and cavalry: the phalanx pins the enemy while cavalry strikes from behind.
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Philip improved the phalanx by lightening armor for mobility, extending the spear into a pike for distance, and adding shield bearers to protect the flanks.
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Jiang calls shield bearers the secret sauce of the Macedonian army because their mobility let them resolve battlefield problems and protect threatened parts of the phalanx.
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He defines hoplites as shield-and-spear infantry and phalanx as a moving wall formed by armored men standing together.
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"So the traditional warfare in Greece at this time. It's called a phallax. Right? The hoplite phallax. Okay? So remember, it is like a..."
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"...time, there are maybe two different land forces. Right? There's a phalanx. And then there's a cavalry. And they do their own thing. Okay?..."
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"...though. Okay. Any more questions? Oh, great. Great question. Okay. The phalanx. All right. Okay. So Philip not only learned military strategy from Thebes,..."
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"...a pike. Okay? So it became very hard to reach the phalanx because the spear was in the way. Okay? The pike was in..."
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"...could adapt to situations. Okay? So if one part of the phalanx was being threatened, then the shield bearers could converge on that and..."
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"...the details. Okay? There's a lot of changes. Okay? But the phalanx is a major innovation. Right. You have the shield bearers in place...."
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"...shields and spears. Okay? The way they fought was using the phalanx formation. Phalanx. And the innovation of phalanx innovation was, it was basically..."
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