Sarissa
Sarissa The sarissa (or sarisa) was a 3 to 7 ... because they had to get past the sarissa to engage the phalangites. The tight formation ... or outflanking it. The invention of the sarissa is credited to Philip II, father of ... northwest India), victorious all the way. The sarissa-wielding phalanxes were vital in every ...
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Sarissa   (translated from German)
Sarissa One Sarissa is one Macedonian Impact lance with wooden ... that Macedonian Phalanx . The invention of the Sarissa becomes Philip of Macedonia, the father of ... the collision of the armies directly. The Sarissa had points at both ends. The lower ...
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Sarissa   (translated from Italian)
Sarissa sarissa it was most powerful arma that it ... The introduction of the falange armed with sarissa from part of Filippo II of Macedonian ...
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Talk:Sarissa
Talk:Sarissa Could we maybe get a picture? Cameron ...
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Talk:Phalanx formation
... portrayal of phalanx is wrong—phalangites held the sarissa with both hands, not just one, to ... broad-brushed statements as 'phalangites held the sarissa with both hands, not just one' are quite misleading. The length of the sarissa cannot be known with absolute certainty because ... of a cubit may have varied, the sarissa was never eight feet long. There were ... it says that the hoplites held the sarissa in both hands and that the ...
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Talk:Ancient Macedonian language/archive2
... s a guy[3] who has traced sarissa back to 'to show the teeth' (esp ... guessed), argipous (Mac.=aetos), arkon, baskioi, kombous, sarissa (of course, common), kanadoi, adis, danos (>Macedonian ... but some corps were exclusively Macedonian: the sarissa-carrying phalanx was one, the Hetairoi was ... border region Budna = on alert, guard, watchful Sarissa = lance, macedonian pike Zarinka, Zarica = to thrust ...
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Sarissophoroi
... this article or section be merged with Sarissa. ( Discuss ) The Sarissaphoroi (singular Sarissophoros) were the ... They equipped with some light javelins, a sarissa, a leather covered wooden shield, and a ... armour, and Thracian helmet. Their name means sarissa bearers or pike bearers. They were good ...
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Filipo II of Macedonian   (translated from Spanish)
... sends of 6 meters and means, call sarissa. The this lance, longest was famous and ... of 16 rows of men armed with sarissa. Those of the 6 first rows maintained ... In the first row the lance or sarissa it advanced 6 meters (6 and average ...
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Phalanx   (translated from German)
... one approximately four meters long lance, those Sarissa. In the military conflicts with the other ... stung likewise pointed, lower end of their Sarissa with the advance with that on them ...
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Ancient Macedonian military
... and siege engines. Weapons introduced included the sarissa, or long pike, which created many advantages ... phalangite carried as his primary weapon a sarissa, a double-pointed pike over 6 m ...
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