03-14-2008, 03:52 PM
Quote:If you refer to the large bronze pointed butt spike, the i see what you mean.
Is this also used for putting the spear ferm in the ground in a defencive stand, to make a strong spear/shield wall?
Garrelt,
If by this you mean bracing the point of the butt-spike in the ground the way a 16th centruy pikeman would do, then no, the Greeks did not do this.
Men in the rear ranks of a hoplite phalanx could benfit by placing this in the ground like a staff to aid in stability and allow the right arm to be used in pushing.
Paul M. Bardunias
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