From the time of Ancient Sumeria, the heavy infantry phalanx dominated the battlefield. Armed with spears or pikes, standing shoulder to shoulder with shields interlocking, the men of the phalanx presented an impenetrable wall of wood and metal to the enemy. Until, that is, the Roman legion emerged to challenge them as masters of infantry battle. Covering the period in which the legion and phalanx clashed (280-168 BC), Myke Cole delves into their tactics, arms and equipment, organization and deployment. Drawing on original primary sources to examine six battles in which the legion fought the…mehr
From the time of Ancient Sumeria, the heavy infantry phalanx dominated the battlefield. Armed with spears or pikes, standing shoulder to shoulder with shields interlocking, the men of the phalanx presented an impenetrable wall of wood and metal to the enemy. Until, that is, the Roman legion emerged to challenge them as masters of infantry battle. Covering the period in which the legion and phalanx clashed (280-168 BC), Myke Cole delves into their tactics, arms and equipment, organization and deployment. Drawing on original primary sources to examine six battles in which the legion fought the phalanx - Heraclea (280 BC), Asculum (279 BC), Beneventum (275 BC), Cynoscephalae (197 BC), Magnesia (190 BC), and Pydna (168 BC) - he shows how and why the Roman legion, with its flexible organization, versatile tactics and iron discipline, came to eclipse the hitherto untouchable Hellenistic phalanx and dominate the ancient battlefield.
Following a long career in the military, intelligence, and law enforcement, Myke Cole is a fire/rescue responder in NY's Hudson Valley. He is a freelance historian and writer, and has published ten novels with publishers including Penguin Random House and Macmillan in addition to his history books for Osprey. Myke's short work has appeared in The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, The Daily Beast, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, McSweeney's, and Slate. He's starred on TV shows on CBS and Discovery, and has featured on NPR.
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Preface Chronology Maps PART I: And in this Corner . . . Examining the Legion and the Phalanx 1. Who Would Win in a Fight? The Eagle and the Lion 2. Not your Father's Phalanx: The Legacy of Iphicrates 3. Mules that Kill: Under the Eagle of Rome PART II: Fight! The Legion versus the Phalanx in Six Battles 4. Heraclea (280 BC): Rome's First Test 5. Asculum (279 BC): "One more such victory, and we are undone." 6. Beneventum (275 BC): Pyrrhus' Last Gasp 7. Cynoscephalae (197 BC): The Legion Triumphant 8. Magnesia (190 BC): No Refuge for Hannibal 9. Pydna (168 BC): The Fall of the Antigonids 10. Legions and Phalanxes Glossary Bibliography Index
Preface Chronology Maps PART I: And in this Corner . . . Examining the Legion and the Phalanx 1. Who Would Win in a Fight? The Eagle and the Lion 2. Not your Father's Phalanx: The Legacy of Iphicrates 3. Mules that Kill: Under the Eagle of Rome PART II: Fight! The Legion versus the Phalanx in Six Battles 4. Heraclea (280 BC): Rome's First Test 5. Asculum (279 BC): "One more such victory, and we are undone." 6. Beneventum (275 BC): Pyrrhus' Last Gasp 7. Cynoscephalae (197 BC): The Legion Triumphant 8. Magnesia (190 BC): No Refuge for Hannibal 9. Pydna (168 BC): The Fall of the Antigonids 10. Legions and Phalanxes Glossary Bibliography Index
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