phalanx

• His paragraphs move like a phalanx, and in every sentence there is an argument. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators
• 466. The ‘sarissa’ is supposed to have been a kind of pike with which the soldiers of the Macedonia phalanx were armed. —  The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations
• (10) The four first ranks of the phalanx, the -classis-, were formed by the fully-armed hoplites of those possessing a full hide; in the fifth and sixth were placed the less completely equipped farmers of the second and third division; the two last divisions were annexed as rear ranks to the phalanx or fought by its side as light-armed troops. —  The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)
• This phalanx was the army destined for the field, while a like force of troops was reckoned for the seniors who remained behind to defend the city. —  The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)
• He made preparations for an expedition to the Pass of the Caspian mountains [581]; forming a new legion out of his late levies in Italy, of men all six feet high, which he called the phalanx of Alexander the Great. —  De vita Caesarum

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