Screening was provided by light troops moving in front, cohesion by pikemen in the third and rearmost rank.
If modern reconstructions can be trusted, armies might enter battle in an orderly manner, usually operating in three divisions with the commander in chief in charge of the rearmost one.
It weighed 20 metric tons, had a single docking port, and took the form of a stepped cylinder 14.6 metres (48 feet) long, with its widest, rearmost section 4.25 metres (13.9 feet) in diameter.
The central seat in the middle row can be folded into the right-hand seat and made to disappear, so creating a "walk-through" path to the rearmost seats.
The rearmost court backs onto the mountain, whence spirits descend temporarily when invoked.
She took the rearmost pew and bowed her head and kneaded her pasty, bitten hands.
The latest embodiment of the beast, found on the 2014 Impala that is scheduled to have its debut this week at the New York auto show, is grafted on the sail, the rearmost roof pillar.
The KV7 cleverly modulates its boxiness with a graceful bend at the rearmost side windows.
The latest embodiment of the beast, on the 2014 Impala that made its debut last week at the New York auto show, is grafted on the rearmost roof pillar.
The Hofmeister kink, a fixture of fixed-roof BMW automobiles for decades, is a distinctive treatment of the rearmost roof pillar, known in the industry as the C-pillar, where it meets the side window.
Yet here, the tale of the tape doesn't lie: if you are putting bodies in every seat, the Odyssey, Dodge Grand Caravan and other likesize vans can pack roughly three times as much cargo behind the rearmost row.
