11-27-2005, 05:54 PM
Cristina, you're clearly thinking in terms of the Macedonian Phalanx, using the long sarissa, while I'm talking about the Classical phalanx, with it's 7'3"- 9' spears. The two styles of fighting would, in some respects, be radically different, but I suspect that neither style would favour setting the spear in the earth when facing infantry.