Phalangite

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Phalangite is the Greek name for

• an infantryman deployed in a phalanx (massive rectangular (or square) closed formation ) of Classical and hellenistic antiquity. The Macedonian so-called Sarissaphoros had an advantage over other phalangites because of their extremely long pikes known as a sarissa.
• a Roman legionary, trained for similar closed formations such as the tortoise

[edit] See also

• Macedonian phalanx
• Hoplite
• Falangist, name or certain Mediterranean (notably Spanish, Lebanese) political militia etc.

[edit] Sources

(incomplete)

• Larousse (Encyclopaedia in French)