Created by the romans as a way to defend against Calvary; has been heavily adapted and modified and is still used today as a double shooting formation. The skirmish formation consisted of one front row of soldiers, who put up there shields to create a wall, and a back formation who mounted their spears on the shoulders of the line in front. The line in front would also mount their spears on their shields in order to create a deadly wall. the one weakness was an attack from the flank or the sides because the formation could not completely defend all sides.
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