Chapter 2:
The first column of the Roman line comes within archer range, the order to open fire spreads threw out the archer and peltast column. The archers pull back as they hear their commanders simultaneously yell the order to fire. Arrows sore across the air into ranks of men, piercing armor and skin alike. 2 and 3 arrows at a time impale into men's torsos sending them to the ground spilling blood out of the newly formed penetrations. Other arrows find their home in the necks of the Romans, sending them wriggling to the ground gasping for life while blood fills their lungs and gushes from their mouths. Macedonian peltasts send 2 meter long bronzed tipped javelins into the front line of the advancing enemy. Those that hit shields dig themselves in and render them useless. Those that hit men and flesh skewer the foes, causing entrails and blood to spew forth ward while toppling them to the ground. The few that had managed to dodge the barrage of arrows and javelins soon hit the devastating 6-meter long sarissa spear used by the Macedonian phalanx men. Once in range the phalanx men took a step forward using the Roman soldier's momentum against them. Man hits spear, in a burst of blood and carnage. Many of the soldiers being decapitated by the lengthy spears while others impaled themselves 2 meters onto the deadly points. This decimation and destruction of the roman onslaught lasts the whole 3 waves of Roman infantry sent at the Macedonian lines. As phalanx men would break spears on the enemy, the man behind him would step forth to fill in the hole. Thus the man would drop back to pick up a new spear and continue the roman carnage. After the killing off the 3 waves, all 1950 men, the Roman attacks were halted for the following 15 minutes. Macedonian lines, dirty, tired, and sweaty reformed into their ranks. Wiping sweat, dirt and blood from their eyes, the Macedonians realized few men were lost while killing off over 1500 Romans. The moral of the troops along the lines soared until...