Actually, if you are comparing the Templars to a RW phalanx, the phalanx had a less rigid formation than the hoplites (at least when moving) and used different types of formations - though mostly the straight line. Also, the phalanx used the spear two-handed while the classic hoplite normally did not. The phalanx used 16 men-deep ranks as well, which is different from the SC Templar formation.
>Gee, it's almost too obvious, isn't it... Bunch of famous
>mercenaries, credited in Dragon Pass with *inventing* the
>most advanced form of warfare yet discovered, hired by the
>rulers of Pavis to march out to Prax and settle nearby --
>maybe, just maybe, they brought the techniques of hoplite
>warfare with them?
Except that SC give the impression that the people who came from Dragon Pass were horsemen - though they could very well have had a mixture of horsemen and infantry (text is not that clear). Rightly or wrongly, I have always assumed that they were mainly horsemen.
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