09-26-2003, 03:55 AM
After seeing their success with Alexander, did the Greek city states replace their hoplites with the Macedonian Phalanx? <p></p><i></i>
Did the Greek city states adopt the Macedonian Phalanx?
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09-26-2003, 03:55 AM
After seeing their success with Alexander, did the Greek city states replace their hoplites with the Macedonian Phalanx? <p></p><i></i>
09-26-2003, 06:36 AM
Some of them did, eventually. But the earliest of these wasn't till almost a century after Alexander.<br>
<br> What seems to have happened was that some states - the Achaian League and the Boiotians, that we know of, maybe others - replaced the old hoplite panoply with the thureos, a light, narrow oval shield probably copied from the Galatians. Later, the Achaians, Boiotians and Sparta (that we know of) adopted the Macedonian phalanx. <p></p><i></i>
09-26-2003, 06:45 AM
by knowledge, the Spartans adopted the Macedonian phalanx about 250 BC or so.. <p>Volo anaticulam cumminosam meam!</p><i></i>
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09-26-2003, 03:18 PM
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Well, if we are not sure what Macedonian phalanx of Alexander the Great was like, how can we find out when someone adopted it?<br> <br> BTW, are we speaking of adopting Macedonian weapons and armor or formation ?<br> <br> Regards,<br> <br> warrior11<br> <img src="http://www.chathome.com.ua/smile/182.gif" style="border:0;"/><br> <p></p><i></i>
10-05-2003, 01:35 AM
If the Romans saw the Phalanx before 250 BC in the war with phyrus, then it should have spread to the Greek states before that time. <p></p><i></i>
10-07-2003, 09:25 AM
Why?<br>
<br> Pyrrhus is a special case, he's virtually an honorary Macedonian - king of Macedon for a while, and some of his infantry in Italy actually were Macedonians. His army certainly can't be considered a Greek city-state force. <p></p><i></i> |
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