CW 001 Macedonian officer

Macedonia is a mountainous region of northern Greece.

Formerly occupied by several very bellicose tribes, it owes its unification to Philip of Macedonia, Alexander the Great's father. After unifying and pacifying the territory, Philip organized his army following a system slightly different from that of classical Greece.

He assimilated ideas and tactics obtained during his stay in Thebes; Creates a powerful infantry organized in phalanges, in which the short Hellenic spear was replaced by the long sarisas of more than six meters in length.