What was the difference between the Roman army and the Macedonian one?

The difference between the Macedonian army and the Roman times of antiquity consisted in many aspects. Firstly, the phalanx was the main type of construction among the Macedonians. It was she who brought victory to Alexander in his campaign to the East. The second component was a powerful cavalry consisting of both the Macedonians and their allies from the Greek cities. If the phalanx was an anvil, then the cavalry was the hammer of the Macedonian army. The Roman machine that conquered the Mediterranean and the barbarians had a more flexible manipulative system and was divided into legions. If the main weapon of the Macedonians was the sarissa – a long spear, then the Roman legionary used pilums and gladius. As a result, at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC. e. the Romans utterly defeated the Macedonians.