WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A phalanx was a large group of foot soldiers armed with shields and spears. Soldiers moved closely together in a rectangular formation as if they were one giant soldier. One phalanx could contain 265 soldiers.

Detailed explanation-2: -phalanx, in military science, tactical formation consisting of a block of heavily armed infantry standing shoulder to shoulder in files several ranks deep. Fully developed by the ancient Greeks, it survived in modified form into the gunpowder era and is viewed today as the beginning of European military development.

Detailed explanation-3: -phalanx -lanks noun. 1 : a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files; broadly : a body of troops in close array. 2 : one of the digital bones of the hand or foot of a vertebrate. 3 a : a massed arrangement of persons, animals, or things.

Detailed explanation-4: -hoplite, heavily armed ancient Greek foot soldier whose function was to fight in close formation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hoplites (/ˈhɒplaɪts/ HOP-lytes) (Ancient Greek: , romanized: hoplī́tēs [ho. plǐː. tɛːs]) 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.