>>962055Wrong. Actually it was first found in Hispania in spain. Romans made their own version of it.
What made the romans destroy the greeks was Hoplite formation vs the Maniple formation.
The hoplite was slow and stiff, and depended on its flanks being secured or else they would be butchered which was what happend to the shock of greek generals, when their wounded would be coming back with hacked limbs, and severe laceration