Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of Ancient Warfare Answers with me, Murray.

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from Lubos, who's a patron, and he asks, why was the Greek phalanx so ineffective against the

Romans? Were they just obsolete or just that the Greek generals didn't

evolve their tactics and formations to counter Roman manipals? Right. Well, the first thing is,

yes indeed, the Greek phalanx on balance tends to be ineffective against the Romans.

Having said that, the phalanx encounters the Romans some not quite 50 years after its peak under Philip and Alexander,

and then it encounters the Romans in 280 BC, for the first time, when Pyrus of Epirus invades Italy.

And in that sense, when the phalanx encounters the Roman, not mannipals, but the Roman triple line, it is more than a match. Well, it's a

period victory. So it is a match, shall we say, doesn't defeat but doesn't lose either to the Roman

Legion. So in that sense, it isn't always a victory to the Roman legions when it comes to encountering the phalanx.

The two most decisive battles against the, between the Roman Legion and the Greek phalanx,

as opposed to the Greek Legion and the Roman phalanx, that is a bit of a mess, Murray,

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