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 . ont-rank man. The second man was one who receiveddouble pay, and the third and last men extra payfor gallantry. The last man, or file-closer, was a sort ofsecond sergeant, called uragos. Each lochos was numberedfrom right to left. These hoplites were either hypaspists(shield-bearing guards) or pezetseri (foot-companions) ; the former held the right, orpost of honor, of the phalanx, though aptto be used as a separ
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 . ont-rank man. The second man was one who receiveddouble pay, and the third and last men extra payfor gallantry. The last man, or file-closer, was a sort ofsecond sergeant, called uragos. Each lochos was numberedfrom right to left. These hoplites were either hypaspists(shield-bearing guards) or pezetseri (foot-companions) ; the former held the right, orpost of honor, of the phalanx, though aptto be used as a separate body and placedin other parts of the line ; the latter, beingthe ordinary rank and file, had the left ofthe phalanx. The hypaspists were of abetter class, served voluntarily, and themost valorous of their number were theagema (royal footguards), always under anoted chief. The rest were called theother hypaspists, and were organized inbodies of five hundred men, later of onethousand, each under a chiliarch. The hy-paspists were trained for hand-to-hand fight-ing and quick evolutions, and though wearing full suits ofarmor were more lightly armed than the pezetseri. They car-. Hypaspist. THE KINGS GUARDS. 139 ried the one-handed pike (xyston), sword and large shield. They are sometimes called agyraspides, though this name is also given to another body of peltasts. In the early armies what might be calledthe aristocracy had served as hetairai, com-panions, comrades-in-arms, already knownin the times of Homer. They were thedescendants of the few who had clusteredabout the original conqueror, and weremore properly a class bred of wealth ac-quired by ancient service near the courtthan one of hereditary title; and in Philips army included probably many of those families which had been reigning ones in their own uplands until subjugated
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