06-25-2009, 04:44 PM
Quote:In this image, you can see my fears as I have experienced in reenactments of uncontrolled pushing.
Things like this are important, because we often see things in battle which look like they are being done by "mutual consent". They are really done out of enlightened self-interest. The hoplite phalanx was so rigidly linear for reasons liek this. I have often been asked about men moving forward into the gap created by a foe you've killed. You have shown why it is not a good idea. The same goes for attempting to move into small gaps or for the tip of a wedge (which I do not think a hoplite tactic, though some do).
All in all an excellent discussion George, glad to meet you
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
