Definition of Phoulkon. Meaning of Phoulkon. Synonyms of Phoulkon

- The phoulkon (Gr****: φοῦλκον), in Latin ful****, was an infantry formation utilized by the military of the late Roman and Byzantine Empire. It is a formation...
- because the men were required to move in unison, speed was sacrificed. As "phoulkon", it pla**** a great role in the tactics emplo**** by the Byzantines against...
- formations of locked shields and projecting spears were called ful**** (φοῦλκον, phoulkon in Gr****), and were first described in the late 6th-century Strategikon...
- trained and fought using the Roman model. A phalanx formation called the phoulkon appeared in the late Roman army and Byzantine army. It had characteristics...
- infantrymen found themselves pressed against the river. They formed a U-shaped phoulkon (ful****) formation to defend against the missile attacks, with the top...
- Photios I the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople Photios (Emirate of Crete) Phoulkon Phoulloi Phrygia Phthiotic Thebes Pietro Angeli Pietro Loredan Pietro Paleologo...
- their horses. The Byzantines, pressed against the river, formed a U-shaped phoulkon formation to defend themselves. They withstood the Persian attacks until...