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So, if we're going to be serious about this, my own position is that there is that we ought to think of a general category of formations, the 'shield wall' (or shield-and-spear wall), with the phalanx being a specific manifestation of that formation, rooted in Greek culture.
Yes, it is sometimes used more broadly by our sources but then again the term 'longsword' is used wildly broadly by our sources and that doesn't stop us from narrowing it to a more technical term when discussing weapon morphology.
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I also like that terminology breakdown because it lets me note that 'the Greeks are not the sole, nor the first, inventors of the shield wall' while still being able to present the phalanx as a culturally rooted phenomenon.
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This makes sense to me. Sort of like saying "The Greeks were not the only nor the first people to live in cities, but the polis as a form of city is a more specific culturally rooted phenomenon."
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