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Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from ...

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THE TACTICAL UNIT. 141fact as stated, p<strong>art</strong>icularly in view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> length <strong>of</strong> spearcarried by o<strong>the</strong>r nations <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> results attained by <strong>the</strong>sarissa^armed phalanx.Grote has discussed /^^^'^"""^this point at length.Four <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> abovedescribedfiles, or lochoi,made a tetrarchia<strong>of</strong> sixty-four men, aplatoon as it were, withShields./^7\a tetrarch or lieutenant, who also stood in front <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>right-h<strong>and</strong> file. Two tetrarchias made a taxiarchia, or company<strong>of</strong>one hundred <strong>and</strong> twenty-eight men, under a taxiarchor captain. This body was sometimes called a taxis. Thebest men, it will be seen, were in front <strong>and</strong> in rear <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>T^ X IA R C H 6o o o

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