- projectiles. The
secondary weapon was a
shortsword called a xiphos. The
phalangites also had a
smaller and
flatter shield than that of the Gr**** aspis, measuring...
-
ordered an ****ault by 8,000
phalangites and 4,000 peltasts. He then
instructed Nicanor to
ready the rest of the
returning phalangites and ****ist him as soon...
- 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...
- Daae, Carmanians, and
Cilicians under Byttacus the Macedonian, 10,000
Phalangites (the
Argyraspides or
Silver Shields)
under Theodotus the Aetolian, the...
-
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...
- ****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...
- 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)...
-
critical to many
ancient armies, such as the Gr**** hoplites,
Macedonian phalangites, and
Roman legionaries.
After the fall of Rome,
heavy infantry declined...
- length,
which made it
difficult for
opposing soldiers to
safely engage phalangites.
Exactly how long this
length was is less clear, as
different authors...
