In ancient times, the word conjured up pictures of a forest of spears held by ranks of men from the city states of Greece. It was from the far north, however, that the most perfect phalanx of all was to come. King Philip of Macedon transformed the bearded warriors of his hilly state into a military machine. Carrying a pike up to 12 cubits (5.4m) long, the Macedonian phalangites surprised the world by crushing the might of the Greek cities at Chaeronea.
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