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Historical Discussion / Re: Pikemen and the Phalanx

« on: October 13, 2012, 05:41:05 pm »

Cavalry suddenly became the dominant force on the battlefield, so there needed to be a quick, cost effective way of countering them, without years of training. Phalanxes would not have been much use against the catapults and heavy infantry of the Romans, and once they were wiped out, spearmen became that much more useful.