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The reforming of the Macedonian army in history science is mainly related to the creation of a Macedonian phalang. The antic tradition associates these reforms with the personality of the Macedonian king Philip II 359–336 B. C. The roots of the reorganization done in the Macedonian infantry can be found in the activities of the Athens strategist Iphikrat. In this context, the creation of a Macedonian falang can be treated as a process in which Phillip II adopts and develops further the idea of Iphikrat. Carist’s evidence combined with several logical conclusions allows for establishing a correlation between the reforms of Iphikrat and these of Phillip II. A breaking point in that discussion is the question for the transformation for between the Hoplits phalang and the Macedonian phalang. Actually there are quite a lot of differences between the Hoplist and the Macedonian phalangs in terms of their armament and battle organization. Pedzetairos go in tight lines as compared to the Hoplits, while the Macedonian phalang is less maneuvering. In fact the transformation between the two phalangs can be found only if we take the peltastes reformed by Iphikrat who appear to be a connecting unit. The differences between the Macedonian and the Hoplits phalang are determined by differences in their armament. Pedzetairos line up in a tight line since they can not fight independently like the Hoplits due to the length of their sarisas. Due to the lack of Hoplits, Phillip II decides to make the Peltastes reformed by Iphikrat a basis in the battle line and replace the Hoplits with them.

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