08-22-2016, 09:27 PM
When it comes to rear ranker officers, was that only specific hoplite city states in Xenophon's day or was that all of them since the 5th century BC? I was under the impression some city states were more advanced as to drill and subofficers within the phalanx than others were. I mean some small nobody city state in Aetolia isn't going to have the same level of drill than the Spartans or Thebans are able to maintain, so if they don't have the complexity of the drill they also don't need the officers to pull it off. Which would include official positions, like file closers/ouragos.
