04-09-2016, 05:08 PM
(04-09-2016, 07:41 AM)Paralus Wrote: I'd like to see Matthew's rationale for the longche not being a throwing / thrusting spear. I cannot for the life of me see that a longche was 'half' a sarisa. Like Rocktupac, I do not hold with the connector tube theory and for much the same reasoning. I'd also add that the onlly (posited) one found has no nail holes thus meaning that friction alone held such together. We I a phalangite, I'd be most concerned planting my sarisa into the enemy for fear of leaving the business half behind on withdrawal. While our sources describe infantry facing the sarisa phalanx as pulling at the weapon, none describe them pulling the business half out of this supposed connector. That can really be the only result of doing so for if the enemy cannot pull the front from the socket how does a phalangite disassemble it?
Completely agree! The points you make, to me, should end the debate over a connector piece.
Scott B.
