-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- or
light infantry.
Heavy infantry, such as Gr**** hoplites,
Macedonian phalangites, and
Roman legionaries,
specialised in dense,
solid formations driving...
- Daae, Carmanians, and
Cilicians under Byttacus the Macedonian, 10,000
Phalangites (the
Argyraspides or
Silver Shields)
under Theodotus the Aetolian, the...
- battles, but were the
first Seleucid line to
break at the
battle of
Raphia against the
Ptolemaic Kingdom,
another successor kingdom.
Phalangite v t e v t e...
- 000
soldiers at the
start of the war, of
which more than 20,000 were
phalangites. The
cavalry forces were
roughly equal, up to 4,000
Macedonians and Thracians...
