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Legion versus phalanx : the epic struggle for infantry supremacy in the ancient world / Myke Cole.

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Osprey Publishing, 2018.

Military history, Ancient.

Military art and science -- History.

Rome -- Military antiquities.

Rome -- History, Military.

9781472828422 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Legion vs phalanx : the epic struggle for infantry supremacy in the ancient world

288 p. : col. ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-282) and index.

Preface -- Chronology -- Maps -- Part I: And in this corner...examining the legion and the phalanx -- Who would win in a fight? The eagle and the lion -- Not your father's phalanx: the legacy of Iphicrates -- Mules that kill: under the eagle of Rome -- Part II: Fight! the legion versus the phalanx in six battles -- Heraclea, 280 BC: Rome's first test -- Asculum, 279 BC: "One more such victory, and we are undone." -- Beneventum, 275 BC: Pyrrhus' last gasp -- Cynoscephalae, 197 BC: The legion triumphant -- Magnesia, 190 BC: No refuge for Hannibal -- Pydna, 168 BC: The fall of the Antigonids -- Legions and phalanxes.

"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 metal to the enemy until the Roman legion eclipsed the phalanx as the masters of infantry battle. Covering the period in which the legion and phalanx clashed (280-168 BC), this book looks at each formation in detail - delving into their tactics, arms and equipment, organization and deployment. It then examines six documented battles in which the legion fought the phalanx: Heraclea (280 BC), Asculum (279 BC), Beneventum (275 BC), Cynoscephalae (197 BC), Magnesia (190 BC), and Pydna (168 BC)."

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