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WI: Philip II vs Epaminondas

What if Philip II of Macedon meet Epaminondas of Thebes in battle? Both were arguably the best generals of their respective times. Philip with his combined arms phalanx and cavalry attacks vs Epaminondas’s Oblique order. Philip’s style of warfare would influence the Hellenistic world for years to come and Epaminondas’s Oblique order would lead Frederick the Great to victory.
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