[split] Phalanx warfare: use of the spear

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

I think this is beyond the evidence. It is a possibility though.

After all, the Tegeans were not fighting on a shield wall before charging, they were probably crouching behind their shields being out of range of their own javelins, which they probably didn't have at that age, and sustaining casualties from Persian archers, waiting for Pausanias to give the order.