03-01-2009, 06:55 PM
A recent thread reminds me that many modern authors distinguish between hoplites (armed with aspis and doru) and phalangites (armed with sarissa and round pelte). Yet, on the face of the words, every hoplite spearman is a phalangite (someone who fights in a phalanx) and every phalangite pikeman is a hoplite (an infantryman who fights in close order with striking and thrusting weapons). I'm not complaining about this, but does anyone know where it originated? Did ancient authors make the distinction?
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I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
