 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Munhu mumwe nomumwe aifamba nomunondo waipfeka nhovo yake paruoko rwake rworuboshwe, achidzivirira kwete iye bedzi asiwo murwi ari kuruboshwe. Ikoku kwakareva kuti varume vaiva kurutivi rwokurudyi zvikuru rwephalanx vakanga vachingodzivirirwa zvishomanene. Muhondo, mapoka anopikisana aizoedza kushandisa utera uhwu nokuedza kuvhara rutivi rworudyi rwomuvengi. Zvairevawo kuti, muhondo, phalanx yaizonanga kurudyi sezvo mahoplites aitsvaka kuramba ari shure kwenguwani yomuvakidzani wavo. Mamwe mapoka, akadai sevaSpartans paNemea, vakaedza kushandisa chiitiko ichi kuti vawane zvavaida. Muchiitiko ichi, phalanx yaizobayira rutivi rwayo rworuboshwe, urwo kazhinji rwaiumbwa nemauto akabatana, mukuedza kubata muvengi kubva kumativi. Zvinoita sokuti nzira iyi yaisanyanya kushanda, sezvo isinganyanyi kutaurwa nezvayo mumabhuku echiGiriki ekare. 