WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Hoplites (/ˈhɒplaɪts/ HOP-lytes) (Ancient Greek: : op-li-tēs) were citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed with spears and shields. Hoplite soldiers used the phalanx formation to be effective in war with fewer soldiers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Perhaps the most prominent example of the phalanx’s evolution was the oblique order, made famous in the Battle of Leuctra. There, the Theban general Epaminondas thinned out the right flank and centre of his phalanx, and deepened his left flank to an unheard-of fifty men deep.

Detailed explanation-3: -The phalanx (Ancient Greek: , Modern Greek: , phālanga) (plural phalanxes or phalanges (Ancient and Modern Greek: , phālanges)) is a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, …or similar weapons.

Detailed explanation-4: -The typical phalanx was eight men deep, that is, eight rows of men, and any number of men wide. There are instances of both less and greater ranks of men in various battles though. The hoplite’s main weapon was a spear (600074) between seven to nine feet long.