Quote Originally Posted by Watchman View Post
AFAIK it was actually quite impossible for a block of phalangites to "change facing" to bring their pikes to bear against an enemy gnawing at the flank - ie. they had to drop pikes and pull sidearms to defend themselves, or get killed with impunity. And their backup gear and training wasn't quite the best around for regular hand-to-hand fighting...
good point... so once the hoplites made contact from the flanks Phallangites where done for... which i suppose made securing the flanks with some decent hoplites/thyreoforoi/thorakitai ever the more important...