- The
pezhetairoi (Gr****: πεζέταιροι, singular: pezhetairos) were the
backbone of the
Macedonian army and
Diadochi kingdoms. They were
literally "foot companions"...
- of his
troops were of a
lower quality than Alexander's. Alexander's
pezhetairoi were
armed with a six-metre pike, the sarissa. The main
Persian infantry...
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aristocratic houses. The companions,
including the
elite companion cavalry and
pezhetairoi infantry,
represented a
substantially larger group than the king's bodyguards...
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aristocratic houses. The companions,
including the
elite companion cavalry and
pezhetairoi infantry,
represented a
substantially larger group than the king's bodyguards...
- This is a list of
ancient Macedonians, an
ancient Gr****
tribe inhabiting the
northeastern part of the Gr**** peninsula.
Makednos Parmenion –
Strategos of...
- Craterus, in a
promotion from his
position commanding a
single brigade of
pezhetairoi infantry at the Granicus.
Things did not go well for the Macedonians...
-
before 331
under Philip's rule.
Philip called the
soldiers in the
phalanx pezhetairoi,
meaning 'foot-companions',
bolstering the
importance of the phalanx...
- of
their own
infantry and
cavalry to death. Finally, the
Macedonian pezhetairoi locked their shields and
advanced upon the
confused enemy m****, while...
-
joined the
Macedonian empire.
While Alexander's army
mainly fielded Pezhetairoi (= Foot Companions) as his main force, his army also
included some classic...
-
division of the
companion cavalry (hetairoi) from the foot
companions (
pezhetairoi),
augmented by
various allied troops,
foreign levied soldiers, and mercenaries...
