HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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King Phillip’s army had those sweet ninja moves.
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The long Sarissas allowed the Macedonians to get the Greeks before they could get close enough to fight back.
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Phillip’s army’s phalanxes were trained to change direction in battle without losing formation.
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The Macedonians weapons were made of steel so they were stronger.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 338 B.C.E., King Philip of Macedon invaded and conquered the Greek city-states. Philip took advantage of the fact that the Greek city-states were divided by years of squabbling and infighting. Philip succeeded in doing what years of fighting between city-states had not done.
Detailed explanation-2: -Phillip II instituted far-reaching reforms at home and abroad. Innovations-improved catapults and siege machinery, as well as a new kind of infantry in which each soldier was equipped with an enormous pike known as a sarissa-placed his armies at the forefront of military technology.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Greek phalanx relied on the shield wall and the overhand thrust of the spear, while the Macedonian phalanx used a variety of tactics, including the sarissa charge, in which the soldiers would run forward and lower their spears, impaling the enemy.