 | 1805 - 622 דפים
...sagacity of Xenophon and Polybius, Since the phalanx was impenetrable, &c. in front, whywas it defeated by the Romans? Because, says Polybius, in war, the times...and place, one determinate mode of action, suited to tlie phalanx, which if it obtain it must be victorious. " It requires a plain, free from all obstructions... | |
 | Thomas Raphael Phillips - 1985 - 454 דפים
...that the Roman armies are victorious and those defeated that employ the phalanx? The cause is this: in war, the times and places of action are various and indefinite, but there is only one time and place, one fixed and determinate manner of action that is suited to... | |
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... therefore, to conceive that while the phalanx retains its proper position and strength no troops, as I have before observed, can support the attack of it in front. To what cause, then, is it to be ascribed that the Roman armies are victorious and... 