Quote Originally Posted by Ludens
But the Spartan phalanx was different from the Makedonian one, and off course the Spartans were some of the best drilled soldiers in Greece. Don't know of they still were in EB's timeframe though, but I also don't know which period (before or after the rise of Makedon) you are reffering too.
I'd be refering to around the timeframe of Thermopoly. But it was a simple manuever that prevented the front from weakening so I doubt that they would have gotten rid of that.