Alexander began by ordering his infantry to march in phalanx formation towards the center of the enemy line.

During the Camillan era, they fought in a shallow phalanx formation, supported by light troops.

They served as heavy infantry in the early Roman army, and were used at the front of a very large phalanx formation.

It is particular to infantry troops, originating in the Greek phalanx formation.

The action is furthered when the Spartan army forms a phalanx formation.

In the popular imagination, celebrities like to move in phalanx formation.

Thus armed, they fought in a phalanx formation.

Not only does it protect the user, but it also protects the whole phalanx formation.

The military structure created by the Spartans was a rectangular phalanx formation.

Each battle line in the phalanx formation was composed of a single class.