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PELTASTAI MAKEDONIKOI (PHERASPIDAI) : These troops were mentioned but were relatively mysterious. They were a kind of very heavy peltasts (which were given aspis and not light pelt?), capable of performing the same duty as peltasts, but fightning in melee with high skills as well. This was a late unit and an evolution of the Hypaspistai, confined in a "commando-like" duty. They were elites and trustworthy soldiers, a kind of "regular" peltasts alongside the mercenaries. They main equipment comprised javelins and a heavy sword (probably a machaira).