来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第24集 第24集》
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who faced such a storm of spears, as he puts it,面对着这样密集的长矛 他说 -
might have as many as ten iron points concentrated on each man.大概每个人都被十支长矛瞄准 -
Nothing Polybius concluded波利比乌斯总结道 -
can stand up to the phalanx.没有什么能阻挡那方阵 -
The Roman, by himself with his sword,独自一人手持刀剑的罗马人 -
can neither slash down nor break through the ten spears即不能砍下或者突破 同时对准他的 -
that all at once press against him.十支长矛 -
Well, he has to face the fact that他必须承认 -
the Roman Legion did defeat one of these phalanxes公元前三世纪 罗马军团确实 -
in the course of the third century,击败过一支这样的方阵 -
but I think if you look at the details you realize that但是我认为如果你仔细研究 -
there was nothing inevitable about that defeat.就会发现这失败并不是不可避免的