.: Julius Caesar Collection - The Battle of The Desert Gate - Part 3

dimanche 1 février 2026

Julius Caesar Collection - The Battle of The Desert Gate - Part 3 - English Version

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Part 3: THE EGYPTIAN ASSAULT

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Summary of the previous part: The Battle of the Desert Gate has begun.

Julius Caesar sent his legion to engage General Achillas' Egyptian Relief Army, employing the Triplex Acies maneuver, a three-line Roman advance.

The Egyptians sent their chariots to halt the advance and harassed the first line of the formation with their archers.

Ballista fire on the chariots stopped the attack. Achillas preferred that they retreat...

The Egyptian armies were composed of elite units under the Pharaoh's rule, foreign mercenaries, but most Egyptian soldiers in battle were peasants.

They were mobilized for the duration of a single battle or during military campaigns against other countries.

Lacking professional experience and accustomed to battlefields, they might witness the brutality of combat and want to flee.

This is why Egyptian generals placed elite troops on the rear lines to hold off the Egyptian peasant soldiers, even if it meant killing some to teach the others a lesson.