infantry tactics Flashcards
summary of a spartan phalalnx
so the men were in filed rectangle in lines, when the battle started theyd all link together and link arms so theyd cover their neughbour with a shield whilst they stabbed out with the spear.if soemone fell the person behind replaces them, strong were at the front
pros of the spartan phalanx
very strong if held up hard to break
due to raising and syssitions there was a strong disipline and loyalty
they fought without fear of death/ matrydom and knew god was on their side
they communicated throguh music and ahd an air of msytery so fear
cons of the spartan phalanx
could drift to the right
if it was at all broken it would fall apart
very immobile
main roman battle strategy
theyd advance on their enemy and then throw the pilus at them from a distence, theyd then fight close contact with the gladius in a skilled compact but loose formation. they used a lot of the scutum for defensive angular denfense and also offensively hitting
explain testudo formation
means tortoise, it was when the romans would advance on the ops they would lock all their sheilds around the side and the top
what is seige warfare and what are the three solutions
when the enemy is surrounded by walls you can
surround
go over
go through
how would you surround in a seige
if they cannot go out or in they cant geet supply so eventually the op would surrender
how would you go through and over in a seige
to go over youd wheel in seige towers which you could climb and then eother jump the wall or get archers to fire in
to get through youd ram the wall then do hand to hand combat
three main seige equiptments
artillergy- firing devise
catapulta- arrow thrower w high accuracry
onager- basiclaly arock catapult
ballista- crossbow
spartan battle tactics
- air of mystery as they would try not to enter war too often
- commuicated through music
- fought with one of their god descended kings so believed the gods were on their side
- they had to plege to loyalty and not to desert others
- they would use the perrocaei and the helots as aid and as low level wariors in battle
- death in battle was depicted as extremely glorious, women at home expected their loved ones to die or win
what are tresantes and what is the significance
- death in battle was incredibly important rather than deserting
- it translates to ‘tremblers’
- means anyone who deserted a battle rather than dying nobley
number of athenians regiments
10 like the 10 athenian tribes
whats a lochoi
a smaller grouping of the athenian regiments
whats a strategos
leader of an athenian lochoi
whats a roman legion
highest groupig in the army, theres about 30 in the roman army, 5000 soldiers
