The Mighty Phalanx

Brandon here posting for Dave Chamberlain:

We are studying classical Greece and Rome in World History. Rather than allowing their soldiers to fight in one on one combat the Greeks arranged their armies in a phalanx formation. This strategy was in keeping with Greek political ideas about the importance of the community over the individual.  For the most part, our formation stayed together even when bombarded with missiles (water balloons).  We did lose one Greek hoplite whose desire to slay barbarians overrode his good judgment.  We carried him home on his shield.