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In the show "Vikings" (2013-), the vikings shown fight in a style very similar to what seems to be a Greek phalanx. Is this accurate to how Vikings at the time fought? And is there somehow a direct connection to Greece where they would have learned the style?

by /u/danielrhymer in /r/AskHistorians

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