Hello, now we will analyze the battle of Cynoscephalea, fought during the Second Macedonian War (200-197 BC) and as an introduction for this video we will see the great difference of open deployment of tribal combat, in which warriors fought without supporting each other, and we will see the difference of that type of combat against the formations of closed order, and in such formations cooperation, order and discipline, were indispensable to triumph. In essence, in the closed-order formations, the warriors learned to work as a team.

But that's not all, in addition to cooperation, it is extremely important that formations, and armies, have flexibility, reserves, and that middle and lower level commanders have the power to use their own initiative, something that is achieved when they have the benefit of local control.

And in that context, we will see how two closed-ordered formations, the Greek phalanx and the Roman legion, fought against each other and we will see which of them was the most efficient.

Well, I hope that you will like this video.

Regards,
Victor Aguilar Chang