phalangitai... too few spears?

[Ibrahim]

What? In Gaugamela there was a huge gap between the phalangitai and the hetairoi. But hey think a little bit critical. Off course nobody today knows what really happened at gaugamela.
Anyway lets not forget that the phalangitai were an evolution of the hoplites, who were an aggressive atacking unit, but still pinned the enemy down (Which infantry except skirmishers doesnt?)

IIRC, didn't the babylonians record the fact that Darius only quit the battle after the army routed before him?

if that's the case, then we do know what happened. what we need are details.

speaking of loose phalanxes: why not reduce the area of ground a soldier occupies? I know that in Rome total war, you can make soldiers stand shoulder to shoulder. I ought to know-I'm apparently the first person to figure it out.

(yes, I'm Gen.JamesWolfe on TWcenter. and yes, I'm a hardcore SYW unifrom geek, as well as a paleontology student)