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Centuries from now -- the same debate on this topic will be waged just as it has been now. The importance of understanding the whole of the concept and issue remains as important now as it did the first night after such tactics and formations first collided.
PHALANX vs LEGION: CLOSING THE DEBATE
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Organization
Strategy
Military History
World History
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Front to front the Phalanx was a match for the Cohort but the thing that made the Romans successful was that they had more maneuverability and they were tactically flexible. The Phalanx didn't allow for either of those things.
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1SG Nick Baker
I agree, but in the end it is the tactical deployment. A phalanx can hold a position with support unit could flank the enemy. Look at how successful the Greeks were when they were out numbered. The leader must know the units strengths and weakness of the formation and deploy according to the situation.
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1SG Nick Baker
Yes, Marius changed the legion organization. We can thank him for backpacks. I think he was Caesars' uncle. Marius was the true Roman hero not all that followed, but that is another argument.
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LTC Eric Udouj
Recall that those reforms came after the real clashes - and reshaped the legions right at the end of the Roman Republic period.
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