-
notable difference being more non-Macedonian
soldiers among the ranks. Each
phalangite carried as his
primary weapon a sarissa, a double-pointed pike over 6 m...
- ****enistic
successor states was a
development of the
hoplite phalanx. The "
phalangites" were
armed with a much
longer spear, the sarissa, and less
heavily armoured...
-
depict a hypaspist,
rather than a
phalangite. It is
indicated in the
Military Decree of
Amphipolis that the
phalangites wore the kotthybos, a form of defence...
-
critical to many
ancient armies, such as the Gr**** hoplites,
Macedonian phalangites, and
Roman legionaries.
After the fall of Rome,
heavy infantry declined...
- contrast, the main
Macedonian Phalanx consisted of the
pikemen known as
phalangites.
These men were
armed with the Sarissa, a pike of
between 4 and 6.7m...
- cataphracts, the
elite cavalry agema,
Tarentine soldiers and more cavalry,
phalangites, hypaspists, war elephants,
unidentified infantry and
light skirmishers...
- and 3,000 marines.
Philip had
about 25,500 men of
which 16,000 were
phalangites levied from
across the
kingdom consisting of
wildly varying ages from...
- or
light infantry.
Heavy infantry, such as Gr**** hoplites,
Macedonian phalangites, and
Roman legionaries,
specialised in dense,
solid formations driving...
-
Raphia (217 BC)
against the Seleucids,
using native Egyptians trained as
phalangites.
However these Egyptian soldiers revolted,
eventually setting up a native...
- Alexander's army may have
consisted of
about 24,000
heavy infantry (9,000
phalangites, 3,000
hypaspists and 7,000
allied and 5,000
mercenary Gr**** hoplites)...
