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I was reading Polybius’ The Histories and was struck by how the Roman style of defeating pike formations seemed extremely similar to how Napoleon’s Corps system defeated linear formations. Given that Napoleonic France was oozing with Roman symbolism, were tactical innovations inspired from Classics?

by /u/MolotovCollective in /r/AskHistorians

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