
Cautionary Tales · Stop No. 35
Phalynx
“Got your back, brah”
- Era
- Sparta, 5th century BC
- Provenance
- Unit No. 300, Laconia
- Medium
- Ink on cotton
- Edition
- Open edition
The phalanx worked on one principle: your shield protects the man beside you, and his protects you, brah. Three hundred men holding that thought at once conquered very little and are remembered for everything. The spelling has been adjusted for volume.
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