Tu Quoque Philippi: Eannatum's Phalanx

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  1. [1] University of Vienna

     University of Vienna

     Innere Stadt, Austria

     
• Localización: Historiae, ISSN 1697-5456, Nº. 16, 2019, págs. 29-85
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The Stele of the Vultures displays Eannatum of Lagash fighting at the head of his phalanx, mostly composed of pikemen and shield-bearers. This formation requires a basic training for managers and soldiers, based on a particular conception of a group combatformation. This paper will investigate some issues in this concern and propose a theoretical, hypothetical and possible drill program that the warriors from Lagash could have followed to fight in such a way, and its possible similarities with the sarrissophoroiof Philip II of Macedony.