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Legion versus Phalanx: The Epic Struggle for Infantry Supremacy in the Ancient World
Legion versus Phalanx The Epic Struggle for Infantry Supremacy in the Ancient World
Author: Myke Cole
From the time of Ancient Sumeria, the heavy infantry phalanx dominated the battlefield. Armed with spears or pikes, standing shoulder to shoulder, and with overlapping shields, they presented an impenetrable wall of wood and metal to the enemy. It was the phalanx that allowed Greece to become the dominant power in the Western world. That is, unt...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781472828422
ISBN-10: 1472828429
Publication Date: 10/23/2018
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Book Type: Hardcover
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