tercios

Land warfare branch of the Spanish Tercios of the Spanish Empire

A tercio was a military unit of the Spanish Army in the early modern period. The Tercios were famous for their resistance on the battlefield, forming the elite of the military units of the Hispanic Monarchy. The tercios were the essential piece of the powerful land forces of the Spanish Empire, sometimes also fighting with the navy. They marked a rebirth of battlefield infantry, comparable to the Roman legions or the Macedonian phalanxes.

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