How was war different in the Ancient Near east compared to modern day warfare?

Soldiers would lunge out in groups to attack the enemy, as few as one man or whole unite such as a Roman maniple. This is where such small unit officers like the centurions were so important, leading from the front they exhorted their men to be brave and attack and often led by example and started the attacks.

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d: their own individual powers within the new goverment