Dr. Graham Wrightson

We have a lot of disagreements about stuff, but he has an awesome book on the Egyptian army through pen and sword. So it's very available. It's very good. And so we know a lot about that. And we have this one interesting text here.

We have a lot of disagreements about stuff, but he has an awesome book on the Egyptian army through pen and sword. So it's very available. It's very good. And so we know a lot about that. And we have this one interesting text here.

We have a lot of disagreements about stuff, but he has an awesome book on the Egyptian army through pen and sword. So it's very available. It's very good. And so we know a lot about that. And we have this one interesting text here.

Later in the period, the infamous Battle of Raphia, where the Ptolemies fought the Seleucids in this huge battle in the 320s, where Polybius, another Greco-Roman historian who I have an ongoing dispute with, he has this whole text where he describes the Ptolemaic army completely reforming itself. And they go to Greece and ask Polybius,

Later in the period, the infamous Battle of Raphia, where the Ptolemies fought the Seleucids in this huge battle in the 320s, where Polybius, another Greco-Roman historian who I have an ongoing dispute with, he has this whole text where he describes the Ptolemaic army completely reforming itself. And they go to Greece and ask Polybius,

Later in the period, the infamous Battle of Raphia, where the Ptolemies fought the Seleucids in this huge battle in the 320s, where Polybius, another Greco-Roman historian who I have an ongoing dispute with, he has this whole text where he describes the Ptolemaic army completely reforming itself. And they go to Greece and ask Polybius,

for Greek mercenaries, generals to come and reform and perfect the Egyptian army because it's not as good as it used to be. And so we have names of these generals and he gives description of their training methods and how they were divided into different units and all this different stuff, which we don't have for our other armies.

for Greek mercenaries, generals to come and reform and perfect the Egyptian army because it's not as good as it used to be. And so we have names of these generals and he gives description of their training methods and how they were divided into different units and all this different stuff, which we don't have for our other armies.

for Greek mercenaries, generals to come and reform and perfect the Egyptian army because it's not as good as it used to be. And so we have names of these generals and he gives description of their training methods and how they were divided into different units and all this different stuff, which we don't have for our other armies.

So for the most part, our knowledge comes from a few battle descriptions that where they describe the sizes of the units, and at the very least, the type of unit that is involved. So the most part of all of these, from Philip II onwards, is the Sarissa Phalanx, which is my special area. My research was involving reconstructing

So for the most part, our knowledge comes from a few battle descriptions that where they describe the sizes of the units, and at the very least, the type of unit that is involved. So the most part of all of these, from Philip II onwards, is the Sarissa Phalanx, which is my special area. My research was involving reconstructing

So for the most part, our knowledge comes from a few battle descriptions that where they describe the sizes of the units, and at the very least, the type of unit that is involved. So the most part of all of these, from Philip II onwards, is the Sarissa Phalanx, which is my special area. My research was involving reconstructing

48 actual Sarissas and then training people to march around as a phalanx to see how easy it was to do that and how quick you could become a functioning phalanx and walk up hills and over rivers and stuff. And that book, I haven't quite finished yet, but it'll be out in a couple of years. So they're all Sarissa phalanx.

48 actual Sarissas and then training people to march around as a phalanx to see how easy it was to do that and how quick you could become a functioning phalanx and walk up hills and over rivers and stuff. And that book, I haven't quite finished yet, but it'll be out in a couple of years. So they're all Sarissa phalanx.

48 actual Sarissas and then training people to march around as a phalanx to see how easy it was to do that and how quick you could become a functioning phalanx and walk up hills and over rivers and stuff. And that book, I haven't quite finished yet, but it'll be out in a couple of years. So they're all Sarissa phalanx.

So the main contingent of all of these Hellenistic armies, all the way through down to even Mithridates of Pontus fighting the Romans in the first century, their main unit is their Sarissa phalanx. And so most of our armies...

So the main contingent of all of these Hellenistic armies, all the way through down to even Mithridates of Pontus fighting the Romans in the first century, their main unit is their Sarissa phalanx. And so most of our armies...

So the main contingent of all of these Hellenistic armies, all the way through down to even Mithridates of Pontus fighting the Romans in the first century, their main unit is their Sarissa phalanx. And so most of our armies...

throughout the holistic world regardless of your country that's what they're built on and then they add on to the side of it you know your light cavalry your heavy cavalry your archers your javelin men all these other different components right and my book on combined arms talks about how this integration happened through the macedonian system and then takes place in the holistic area

throughout the holistic world regardless of your country that's what they're built on and then they add on to the side of it you know your light cavalry your heavy cavalry your archers your javelin men all these other different components right and my book on combined arms talks about how this integration happened through the macedonian system and then takes place in the holistic area