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<p>The <b>Macedonian phalanx</b>  was an <a href="page.php?w=infantry">infantry</a> <a href="page.php?w=formation_%28military%29">formation</a> developed by <a href="page.php?w=Philip_II_of_Macedon">Philip II</a> from the classical Greek <a href="page.php?w=hoplite">hoplite</a> <a href="page.php?w=phalanx">phalanx</a>, of which the main innovation was the use of the <a href="page.php?w=sarissa">sarissa</a>, a 6-metre pike. It was famously commanded by him during the <a href="page.php?w=Rise_of_Macedon">rise of Macedon</a> between 359 and 336 BC,</p><p>
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