Long ago, in the days of Philip of Macedon, when whole armies hurled themselves against the dread Macedonian phalanx, Macedonia was a great and independent country. Today, Macedonia is merely ...

The Macedonian phalanx, as conceived by Philip and later used by Alexander. Credit: RedTony / Wikimedia Commons With this system, Alexander conquered half the known world, but over time, that ...

Theoretical battle #2: Chinese soldiers vs. Roman legionnaires vs. Macedonian phalanx. Thread starter pieguy3141; Start date Jan 9, 2004; ... Fighting a 2-front war, with a phalanx ain't a good thing.

When Alexander took the throne after Philip’s assassination in 336 BCE, the 20-year-old military prodigy embarked on a decadelong campaign that took the Macedonian army and empire as far east as ...

Students moved in formation as a hoplite phalanx, then tried out the Macedonian phalanx, a superior formation that facilitated Alexander’s defeat of the Persian Empire and his creation of one of the ...

Eight soldier figures, representing a part of Alexander the Great's phalanx, have arrived in Macedonia's capital Skopje, ... who has been imagined as the forefather of the Macedonian nation.

In 350BC the Macedonian phalanx was the (combined) Joint Strike Fighter and Main Battle Tank of the ancient world. Aged just 20 when his father was assassinated, Alexander the Great inherited a ...

The Evolution of Greek Military Institutions and Tactics. Prof. Wrightson (South Dakota State) gives us a summary of the evolution of Greek warfare from the Bronze Age through the height of the wars ...