So if you're fighting a non-hoplite infantry crowd,

所以如果你和非方阵的步兵群战斗
you're in great shape.

你就能保持队形
But what the Greeks spent most of their time doing was fighting each other,

但是希腊人在大部分时间里都是方阵对抗
one hoplite phalanx against another hoplite phalanx.

一个步兵方阵和另外一个步兵方阵对垒
So, you have to imagine that this thing started with these guys

所以事情是这样的你得想象一下
back in their camp and the other army back in its camp,

一群人各属于不同阵营
and they both have to agree that they want to have a battle,

他们都同意开战
for a battle to take place,

为了进行战斗
and they will have picked a place that is flat

他们需要挑选一块平地
where they can do what they're doing.

以供双方的方阵摆开架势
Usually,

通常
the battle took place over some land that was being contested on a frontier

战争爆发是为了争夺国境线上的争议地区