Phalanx formation

other Greeks as the most powerful city-state. The Spartan phalanx is an unstoppable military force, almost like a human tank a wall of Spartan soldiers. Considering the fact that almost all of the other Greeks thought that Sparta was the most powerful city-state, shows that the Spartan army must've been incredibly stronger to gain so much power and it being known by other Greeks. The Spartan phalanx was a military tactic which was a formation of many spartan men using spears as weapons. Sparta…

quite the opposite. When Rome was just a small insignificant city state( I know that sounds odd, but its true), at that time they fought in the greek fashion as hoplites in the phalanx formation. Witch didn't work well except when fighting on an open field…Italy isn't know for me being flat plains. Because of the faults of phalanx they developed the maniple system. The maniple system divided the infantry into three different types. First were the hastati who were younger and serving their time…

he was a man that believed that the ends justify the means. This is thought because he had little regard for casualties for the enemy and for his own men. His main battle formation was a phalanx. This formation has all the men put into a long line usually 3-5 men thick with the flanks 4-8 men thick. Then while keeping formation they charged the enemy. By using mainly brute force he won his battles but he lost an insane amount of men each battle, but he didn’t care he just picked up more men at…

called the Middle Gate, the area was pristine for Spartan fighting (Cartwright). Additionally, with each side of the Greeks naturally protected, by a cliff and the sea, the phalanx would be allowed to focus solely on the attacking Persians in front of them. Without having to worry about being flanked by the enemy, the phalanx would be a perfect counter to the usual Persian strategy of surrounding and overwhelming an opponent with thousands of arrows. Cartwright explains, “Although the Persian…

The Persian War began around 546 B.C. when Persia conquered the land in Ionia. Ionians revolted and lost. Around 490 B.C., the Athens won against the Persian in Marathon by using the phalanx. Pheidippides, a younger runner, ran back to Athen to tell of their victory against the Persians so that they can be on defense. In 480 B.C., the new Persian king (Darius the Great’s son) Xerxes attempted to destroy Athens. The country was divided…

make him pay dearly, a traitor Ephialtes told Xerxes about this passage, forcing Leonidas was forced to command most of his army to leave since Xerxes had two directions to attack him from showing the “fatal weakness to the otherwise formidable phalanx formation that proved to be Leonidas’ undoing”(History.com) Leonidas had to turn back, but it was against his culture to have himself and his Spartans live a battle without winning. So he told most of his army to go home and protect Greece,…

us cannot maintain the tenants of one’s idealism without God. Where there is evidence and faith in God, there is also a need for such a dependence. Lancelot’s lack of moral fiber speaks of the spiritual nature of human beings. I have had a spiritual mountaintop experience and then come down the mountain to repeat the mistakes of the past, instantly becoming as forlorn as before. It is this internal lack that speaks of our ongoing battle between our desires boundaries. To obtain the Holy Grail,…

Guarded in phalanx formation with an aspis on my side, I bellowed. With my Corinthian-style helmet, spear on my side and my mighty wooden shield, I was a ferocious Spartan soldier. As you can see, the topic of world history intrigued me a lot. However, this enthusiasm of mine did not come from the indefinite timeline of history; it came from how people in the past were capable of making architecture that continues to leave the modern-day world astonished and inspired. This appreciation of…

was organized into two components, one was the phalanx (taxeis), a force of 1,536 pikemen that stood sixteen fifteen deep. They stood shoulder to shoulder with an 18-20 foot sarissa, they did not carry the heavy body armor of Greek infantry which made them extremely manoeuvrable on the battlefield. They were largely equipped with leather jackets, leather helmets and a small shield which was worn around the shoulder and they stood in close formation the first six ranks their spears pointed out…

The most well known formation was developed by the Greeks and was called the Hoplite Phalanx. This was a formation where they would lock their shields together and project their spears over the shields. This would build a shield wall and the group of soldiers would point their spears toward the enemy which would act…