08-22-2016, 06:57 PM
(08-22-2016, 06:28 PM)JaM Wrote: ...with pushing against each other, those who would panic first - men in front rank - had nowhere to run, but would be crushed or would suffocate or even if they managed to survive, they would have no means to get away from that place...
Are you sure you read me? I have shown as far back as 2007 that you will not suffocate due to the aspis. No front ranker can "get away" in a phalanx. Phalanxes have to break from the rear.