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The Makedonian phalanx -- why such depth?
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I also think that the most natural way to interpret Polybius's phalanx is as 16 ranks deep with 2 cubits per file. No comment on the other sources!
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Re: The Makedonian phalanx -- why such depth? - by Sean Manning - 03-26-2009, 05:21 PM

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