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Mobile flank units that protected the phalanx and adapted to battlefield problems; Jiang calls them the Macedonian army's secret sauce.
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shield bearers
Mobile flank units that protected the phalanx and adapted to battlefield problems; Jiang calls them the Macedonian army's secret sauce.
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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 added a new weapon. He added a new unit called shield bearers. Okay? So the shield bearers were on the flanks, on the..."
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"...distance from you a lot longer. And also, they had these shield bearers who were mobile and could adapt to situations. Okay? So if..."
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"...But the phalanx is a major innovation. Right. You have the shield bearers in place. To me? Above you? Okay. Well, they have helmets...."
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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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"...up and then he goes back to Cronus he becomes cut bearer to Cronus and then poisons him. Okay? And that's how Zeus becomes..."
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"...were no longer mere subjects of the Lord and sovereign, but bearers of inalienable rights as citizens. Okay? So this is just repeating what..."
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"...Right? So he had different units. He had archers. He had shield bearers. Okay? People whose job was to hold shields. He had phalanx..."
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