Timeline for Would mission command, squad tactics etc. make sense in an ancient or medieval setting?
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| Feb 16, 2020 at 5:36 | comment | added | Layman | See this is where I am coming form - the Spartan prestige guard was part of the ritualistic 'choreography' that did not really make much tactical sense, which led to their biggest defeat in Leuctra. What Thebans did there is part of my inspiration actually but I want to make it more systematic - as squads engage the enemy host they observe the right wing dominating the movement, so they set and execute different objectives at squad level like trying to split off and destroy vulnerable sections of the phalanx left-to-right, keeping the pressure on the command wing etc. | |
| Feb 16, 2020 at 2:06 | history | edited | Thucydides | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 16, 2020 at 2:01 | comment | added | user1937198 | Exactly, the organizational structure of any significant military is a reflection of the social context it draws from. This is as much about shaping the society of the city state as it is the military. Conways law seems appropriate here. | |
| Feb 16, 2020 at 1:51 | history | answered | Thucydides | CC BY-SA 4.0 |