07-07-2009, 02:10 AM
Paul B wrote:
Egyptian Naval spears? Do we know anything about these?
Large bladed hunting spears? Homeric boarding pikes? What is known of these?
Quote:Surely there was. It was either from Thrace or the Egyptian naval spears. Non-tapered two-handed spears were around all during the classical period. They were the large bladed hunting spears. I don't believe that Phillip invented the sarissa from whole cloth, but even then we would have to acknowledge some tradition of Homeric boarding pikes.Thrace? Presumably you are referring to the incident where Philip is wounded by a Triballian - but he is specifically said to be sarissa armed, not some supposed earlier parallel sided pike.
Egyptian Naval spears? Do we know anything about these?
Large bladed hunting spears? Homeric boarding pikes? What is known of these?
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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