Advantages and disadvantages of Macedonian phalanx

It has high maneuverability and can bravely rush to the enemy with a complete line, causing a heavy blow to the enemy who has not recovered from the cavalry attack. Compared with heavy infantry phalanx, Macedonian phalanx's defensive ability is slightly inferior, but its attack is much sharper. The defeated Athenians described it this way. Every soldier who attacks Macedonians must deal with at least ten spears at the same time. It is not difficult to understand why the Athenians were quickly defeated under the attack of Macedonians and overflowed the position of Thebes, but they still could not get rid of the pursuit of Macedonian phalanx-soldiers in heavy armor did not move as fast as Macedonians in the battle.

disadvantaged

Another fatal weakness of the Macedonian phalanx is that we can kill it as long as we try not to let it have a unified battlefield and only attack its wings or back, not its front. Once the opponent breaks through the flank, it is difficult for the spearmen in the spear array to resist the swordsman's attack. The ability to deal with dense arrow array is weak. Whether it is light infantry or infantry group, as long as it can disperse light infantry, almost all lancers in the array are allowed to shoot. For example, in 37 1 BC, the Thebes strategist Ibminoda used troops with a depth of 16 in Lucretia and entered from the right side of the phalanx. As a result, the spartan phalanx was broken.