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Today's question is from Manos Cavadias.

I hope I said that correctly.

Who asks, having heard and read so much about Philip and Alexander's training of the Macedonian phalanx to becoming a flexible,

as to becoming flexible in maneuvering difficult battle landscapes, as well as proficient when encountering lateral

attacks, I remain skeptical about the devastating results in both Kynoskephali and Pidna,

the battles of Kynoskephala and Pidna. Was it hubris on the part of Philip and later his son Perseus or lax training which resulted

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