 Название: An Invincible Beast: Understanding the Hellenistic Pike Phalanx in Action
Автор: Christopher Matthew
Издательство: Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1783831103
Год: 2016
Страниц: 368
Язык: английский
Формат: epub, pdf (conv)
Размер: 18.0 MB
The Hellenistic pike-phalanx was a true military innovation, transforming the face of warfare in the ancient world. For nearly 200 years, from the rise of the Macedonians as a military power in the mid-fourth century BC, to their defeat at the hands of the Romans at Pydna in 168BC, the pike-wielding heavy infantryman (the phalangite) formed the basis of nearly every Hellenistic army to deploy on battlefields stretching from Italy to India. And yet, despite this dominance, and the vast literature dedicated to detailing the history of the Hellenistic world, there remains fierce debate among modern scholars about how infantry combat in this age was actually conducted.
Christopher Matthews critically examines phalanx combat by using techniques such as physical re-creation, experimental archaeology, and ballistics testing, and then comparing the findings of this testing to the ancient literary, artistic and archaeological evidence, as well as modern theories. The result is the most comprehensive and up-to-date study of what heavy infantry combat was like in the age of Alexander the Great and his Successors.
Contents:
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
List of Plates
Abbreviations
Foreword
Preface
Who Invented the Pike Phalanx?
The Sarissa
The Phalangite Panoply
Bearing the Phalangite Panoply
Phalangite Drill
The Reach and Trajectory of Attacks made with the Sarissa
The ‘Kill Shot’ of Phalangite Combat
Accuracy and Endurance when Fighting with the Sarissa
The Penetration Power of the Sarissa
The Use of the Butt-Spike in Phalangite Combat
The Phalanx
The Pike-Phalanx in Battle
The Anvil in Action
The Legacy of the Hellenistic Pike-Phalanx
Notes
Bibliography
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