Osprey: Macedonian Phalangite vs Persian Warrior [2019] paperback BOARD Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney reads

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Osprey: Macedonian Phalangite vs Persian Warrior [2019] paperback BOARD Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney readsIn August 334 BC, Alexander the Great invaded the Persian Empire and systematically set about its conquest. At the core of Alexander's army were 10,000 members of the phalanx, the phalangites. Armed with a long pike and fighting in formations up to 16 ranks deep, these grizzled veterans were the mainstay of the Macedonian army. Facing them were the myriad armies of the peoples that made up the Persian Empire. At the centre of these forces was the