New Kings and Generals short will describe how to use the Crescent Formation in battles to defeat opponents. We will cover the battle of Marathon, where the alliance of the Greek-City States fought off the Persian Invasion and Thymbra during which the first Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great defeated Croesus of Lydia.
Previously:
Ancient Tactics: Hidden Flank –
Ancient Tactics: Concentrated Center –
Ancient Tactics: Oblique Order –
Ancient Tactics: Feigned Retreat –
Ancient Tactics: False Gap –
Ancient History: Why Was Alexander the Great Paranoid –
