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The longer spear Philip used to let lighter-armored phalanx soldiers maintain distance from enemies.
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The longer spear Philip used to let lighter-armored phalanx soldiers maintain distance from enemies.
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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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"...made the spear very long. It was a, it became a pike. Okay? So it became very hard to reach the phalanx because the..."
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"They stand outside of history. They are in many ways not human. Okay? They don't behave, normal humans behave. Right? Normally, if you're a..."
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"Remember, they were lighter. They could move around faster. And they had longer spears. Okay? So they could maintain distance from you a lot..."
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"...they will cut off his head and put him on a pike."
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"...and put the head of Mardonius on a spike on a pike and show it to the world and show how great the Greeks..."
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"...and the Persians take Leonidas head cut on us on a pike to warn the Greeks we are merciless eventually the Greeks um inspired..."
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"Most people are using spears and pikes to gather, okay? They also have cavalry as well. So the problem for the Europeans is how..."
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