The streets and squares of the picturesque centre of Tomar are organised following a chessboard pattern, a rare feature for a mediaeval city, instituted by Prince Henry The Navigator, which later inspired the pattern used for the rebuilding of Lisbon after the Earthquake in 1755.
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From this time onwards, instead of fielding a phalanx for battle, the Romans deployed a series of small tactical units called " manipuli " ( maniples ), arrayed in three lines ( " triplex acies " ) in a chessboard pattern ( " quincunx " ).
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