Macedonian Phalanx
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odintheking
Lighting the way...
Very nice, man!
cubsfan6506
Got u
Very nice unit.
Stormrage
Ever Present Taskmaster
Its great! Thanks mate!
Hrafnkell
Alheithinn
Wonderful! Another great unit!
CC-2224
Look! A Chicken!
Beautiful way to kick off '08! Great unit, Sandris!
Tank_Guy#3
Lion of Lehistan
Great unit, I think R8XFT made one as well.
Keroro
Dororo: Ninja Frog
New year presents, great. 
Rob did do one quite recently too, but I'm certain I can find uses for both.
Thanks Sandris.
Rob did do one quite recently too, but I'm certain I can find uses for both.Thanks Sandris.
The longest Sarissa's were over 20 foot, so this one still isn't excessive.
Usteros
Warlord
Wonderful, Sandris! Thank You again!
Hey Sandris, if you ever feel like it, maybe you could consider trying out a Hellenistic Thureophoroi and a Thorakitai.
The Thureophoroi is like an evolved mix of a hoplite and a Peltast. A soldier like this would presumably sport a thrusting spear and a javelin. He might also use a sword. He would likely be clad in linen armour and protect himself with the large Gallic thureos shield, after which the unit is named. These would likely be among the very last units in the Hellenic line prior to their overthrow by the Romans.
The later Thorakitai (could be a Celtic/Galatian mercenary) is presumably a heavier armoured and more Romanized version of the Thureophoroi. This guy would presumably use a javelin and stabbing sword, and protect himself with mail armour and the thureos shield. Mithridates of Pontus used Galatian “Thorakitai” (or imitation legionaries) as his shock troops alongside the regular old Phalangites. The Thorakitai are also mentioned by Polybios as parts of the armies of the Seleucids and Hellenic Greeks.
Another cool unit, would be the militia phalanx or Pantodapoi phalanx. Light spearmen of the successor armies recruited from the native populace.
Regular light pantodapoi:
Pantodapoi phalanx, better equipped and armoured:
The Thureophoroi is like an evolved mix of a hoplite and a Peltast. A soldier like this would presumably sport a thrusting spear and a javelin. He might also use a sword. He would likely be clad in linen armour and protect himself with the large Gallic thureos shield, after which the unit is named. These would likely be among the very last units in the Hellenic line prior to their overthrow by the Romans.
The later Thorakitai (could be a Celtic/Galatian mercenary) is presumably a heavier armoured and more Romanized version of the Thureophoroi. This guy would presumably use a javelin and stabbing sword, and protect himself with mail armour and the thureos shield. Mithridates of Pontus used Galatian “Thorakitai” (or imitation legionaries) as his shock troops alongside the regular old Phalangites. The Thorakitai are also mentioned by Polybios as parts of the armies of the Seleucids and Hellenic Greeks.
Another cool unit, would be the militia phalanx or Pantodapoi phalanx. Light spearmen of the successor armies recruited from the native populace.
Regular light pantodapoi:
Pantodapoi phalanx, better equipped and armoured:
Hrafnkell
Alheithinn
This phalangite could be a later Macedonian unit. The phalanx of Alexander was more flexible than later, when Philip V was king, and as I recall, Philip armed them with longer sarissas, so Rob's phalanx can serve as the phalanx of Alexander.
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