01-13-2006, 07:01 PM
Romans started with the phalanx and kept it as a reserve (triarioi) until Marius reforms. Massed spearmen were introduced in the late roman and byzantine armies and then Darkness fell on the battle fields until the apearance of the scotish "shiltrons" and the swiss pikemen.
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