Testing: Phalanx vs. Roman Infantry

[Oleander Ardens]

Good points Angadil

Point two is interesting indeed, given that according to Herodotos (7.89.3) at least some of them were used to long spears: "They wore woven helmets and carried convex shields with broad rims, and spears for sea-fighting (dorata te naumacha), and great poleaxes. Most of them wore corselets and carried long swords (machairas de megalas)". [Taken from Ueda-Sarsons Essay]

Greeks settled IIRC since the Lybian domination in the Nil Delta and may also have influenced "Egypt" Regional Warfare, intermixing with the "Egyptian" way of war.

In any case it is a possibility, although I still think that they were trained in "Macedonian" manner..

Cheers

OA

[Angadil]

Oh yes, I agree OA, the more likely option for the native Egyptian contingent at Raphia is pezhetairoi-style phalangites. I just wanted to point out, that the evidence for this is not clear cut.

Cheers
A.