10-09-2011, 08:16 PM
Dodge in his book Caesar describes a concept of three arrays: open, closed and phalangical. He describes three lines in the checkerboard pattern. They manuver into line in closed array (say each soldier 3 feet apart)while maintaining the checkerboard pattern. When in place the first line changes to open array (say 6 feet apart). The gap is closed. I realize that this was written over a century ago, but it still seems to me to be quite logical. But, such a manuver as far as I know is not described in Polybius or any where else. Or is it? Does anyone know?
Tom Mallory
NY, USA
Wannabe winner of the corona
graminea and the Indy 500.
NY, USA
Wannabe winner of the corona
graminea and the Indy 500.
