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Phalanx
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Among the Greeks a body of heavy infantry armed with long spears and short swords, standing in line close behind one another, generally 8 men deep, the Macedonian being as much as 16; its movements were too heavy, and it was dashed in pieces before the legions of Rome to its extinction; it was superseded by the Roman legion.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Phalanx'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/phalanx.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Phalanx'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/phalanx.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
