MAC-06B Three Phalangites with Red Shields, Macedonian Phalanx Papau New Guinea as accounted by Egyptian chronology

as accounted by Egyptian chronology

This use of mercenaries saved the metropolitan population from heavy casualties that were not easily replaceable

locking together their large wicker shields while presenting a formidable barrier of spears

and transformation of the Roman world

MAC-06B Three Phalangites with Red Shields, Macedonian Phalanx Papau New Guinea as accounted by Egyptian chronologyThe Macedonian phalanx was an infantry formation developed by Philip II and used by his son Alexander the Great to conquer the Achaemenid Empire and defeat armies of other kingdoms. Phalanxes remained dominant on battlefields throughout the Hellenistic period, until they were ultimately displaced by the Roman Legions. In 359 BC the Macedonian army led by the king Perdiccas III, was decidedly defeated by the Illyrians. Perdiccas brother Philip II had