Macedonia and thorakati

[dbarger58]

why is it that macedonia didnt take the next step and use thorakati, just theurope, or are they recieving them in later builds
thx

[abou]

Makedonia had a more conservative military in our time frame. The Thureophoroi was about as far as they were willing to go in that direction. But hey, those Agriankioi are pretty wicked.

[Cash Staks]

But hey, those Agriankioi are pretty wicked.

You got that right. I'd rather have Agriankioi

[keravnos]

They stayed with the phallanx

Hysteroi Pezhetairoi, was the "evo" phallanx of theirs. And it wasn't the phallanx that failed, it was the fact that everyone with half a brain would flank it, and attack from every other direction, not the Kebab-izing front.

And the Romani, as you probably have guessed by now, have had MORE than half a brain.

[mAIOR]

ANd unfortunatly Makedonian rulers didn't... Wasn't in Pydna that Perseus fled with the entire right wing of cavalry before battle even started??

Cheers...

[paullus]

In his defense, he had to ride his horse a loooong way to get to where the action was, and he wanted to keep his cavalry rested so they could make a powerful charge, and so that nice little trot across the battlefield took a while...and the battle was being lost before he got in position (plus, by the time he got to a good vantage point, the charge would've been uphill! better to let the flower of his army get slaughtered than risk that uphill charge!), so he headed home.