Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, : with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . asprohibited from pursuing a beaten enemy. Not conquest,but defense of the fatherland was sought. Such mistakenpolicy eventually gave Spartas opponents the upper hand. Heavy infantry was the main reliance of Sparta. The sol-dier wore full armor ; he held it a duty to the state to pre-serve intact his body for the state, but he did not seek safetyby the method of Hudibras. He deemed it dishonor to lose,or to fight
Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, : with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . asprohibited from pursuing a beaten enemy. Not conquest,but defense of the fatherland was sought. Such mistakenpolicy eventually gave Spartas opponents the upper hand. Heavy infantry was the main reliance of Sparta. The sol-dier wore full armor ; he held it a duty to the state to pre-serve intact his body for the state, but he did not seek safetyby the method of Hudibras. He deemed it dishonor to lose,or to fight withovit, his shield. Not to have it with himimplied that in his haste to run away he had cast it aside,so as to run the faster. He bore a heavy pike, generally alighter lance, and a short double-edged sword. There waslittle light infantry, and the cavalry was mediocre. It wasformed in eight ranks, and generally got beaten. There is some conflict of statement between Xenophon andThucydides as to the organization of the Spartan troops intobodies. This is probably due to the changes in such organi- Greek Psilos (from a vase). breastwork of the land. SPARTAN RANK AND COMMAND. 37.
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