The Roman Testudo, or tortoise formation, ... Phalanx. An icon of warfare during the time of Ancient Greece, the Phalanx ...

When we talk about a phalanx in a military context, we automatically think of Alexander the Great’s Macedonian army, with its compact formation of armored infantrymen armed with long sarissas.These ...

Things got pretty hairy in Kiev, Ukraine, in the last week due in large part to the government banning protests. As a result, riot police broke out their Roman army tactics. This formation is ...

The Phalanx (and Testudo) fighting formations were so successful that they were adopted by various armies for approximately 2000 years, eventually giving way as lighter, more durable arms and ...

Cavalry just don’t do well vs. the front of a phalanx line. Dare I say, phalanx lines are designed to repel cavalry charges. A phalanx is a defensive maneuver where soldiers with pikes or spears ...

One for one, Roman Legionaries were good soldiers, but were not better that some of the warriors they fought (hell, they hated Germania for a reason). <br><br>However, when Rome was at the height ...