Timeline for Why can't people on the back of the phalanx "reorient" their shield?
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| Sep 7, 2018 at 5:27 | vote | accept | user4951 | ||
| Sep 6, 2018 at 9:42 | vote | accept | user4951 | ||
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| Sep 6, 2018 at 4:01 | answer | added | Jos | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 5, 2018 at 23:59 | comment | added | Daniel | Shield is on your left so the left is protected. Weapon is on your right. Flanking is what often resulted in a win and was a major purpose of cavalry. | |
| S Sep 5, 2018 at 21:38 | history | suggested | Abraham Ray |
This tag makes sense to me to use
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| Sep 5, 2018 at 18:48 | answer | added | Schwern | timeline score: 7 | |
| Sep 5, 2018 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackHistory/status/1037354798532780035 | ||
| Sep 5, 2018 at 14:59 | comment | added | MCW♦ | Isn't that called an infantry square? | |
| Sep 5, 2018 at 14:55 | comment | added | bukwyrm | Could you include all pertinent parts of the Text that you are referring to in your Question? Questions here should be self-contained. ---- Also, if they turn around and have an orderly phalanx pointing to their former rear, it's not really 'behind' the phalanx any more, is it? ---- Imagine a phalanx marching forth, some enemy brawlers hidden in some hole to the side, they pop up, race up to the back of the phalanx, stab and slash, then make a run for it. No way will the back of the phalanx get the info about them in time to react in an orderly fashion - side sees them, calls, too late. | |
| Sep 5, 2018 at 14:16 | answer | added | Daniel | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 18:01 | comment | added | Giter | The left half of the shield is meant to cover the exposed right side of the person to their left. Having left-handed people hold the shield in their right hand would protect their exposed right side, but their left side is still exposed and now the right side of the person to their left is also exposed. | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 17:45 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | re "And what's with the left of phalanx unprotected? They don't have lefties holding shield on right arms?" My understanding is that this obvious remedy was always employed, but historians seem to /doubt/deny it for some reason. | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 17:41 | history | asked | user4951 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |