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Alexander the Great's walking sword comes with its corresponding official scabbard and certificate of authenticity. The military tactics used by Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) demonstrate that he was one of the greatest generals in history. The so-called "hammer and anvil" tactic, or also encirclement tactics with shock units, was an innovative combat formation for the time: it arranged its units in levels; He pretended to want to surround the enemy in order to divide them better and thus opened a gap in their defensive lines.
This tactic could not be carried out unless the two armies had more or less the same number of troops, since it consisted of enclosing the opponent from the sides. The "hammer" corresponded to the heavy cavalry of the hetairoi that pressed the opponent and contained him in a closed space. The "anvil" corresponded to the phalanx and the hypaspistas (the elite infantry) who intervened immediately afterwards.
To drive the enemy forces away from their center, the Macedonian cavalry surrounded the flanks of the opposing army, systematically on the right flank that was commanded by Alexander himself, and then tried to make a gap and position themselves in the enemy lines, thus forcing their enemies to regroup.
Attacking from the flanks, the Macedonian cavalry surprised the enemy troops with the speed and strength of their impact; In the center, the phalanx and the hypaspists advanced to open the second front. Once the enemy's path was blocked, he was left in a trap. Generally, this strategy caused great confusion because it could not be distinguished whether the units were dispersed or just poorly coordinated.
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