11-10-2007, 09:20 PM
Stefane,I can't see it either.
Gioi,i'm sorry but I seen only C in this video. And it shows very well how natural it is to form the phalanx this way.It also shows that the depth of the shields(arround 10 cm) is so small that the shields are almost paraller with each other,so the overlapping is no matter in the othismos. In anyway,in the othismost the two formations become one thing,and such details as the small angle of the shields play no role. What would matter most would be to be tightly next to your fellow and to keep order in the ranks,so that each man can push as streight as pssible the man in the front.
The truth is that in this video the change from loose to tight formation is in a very wrong way,and we can't see how C favours the process.
Khaire
Giannis
Gioi,i'm sorry but I seen only C in this video. And it shows very well how natural it is to form the phalanx this way.It also shows that the depth of the shields(arround 10 cm) is so small that the shields are almost paraller with each other,so the overlapping is no matter in the othismos. In anyway,in the othismost the two formations become one thing,and such details as the small angle of the shields play no role. What would matter most would be to be tightly next to your fellow and to keep order in the ranks,so that each man can push as streight as pssible the man in the front.
The truth is that in this video the change from loose to tight formation is in a very wrong way,and we can't see how C favours the process.
Khaire
Giannis
Giannis K. Hoplite
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax
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a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax
