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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The sarissa or sarisa was a 4 to 7 metre (13-21 feet) long pike used in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic warfare. It was introduced by Philip … Mehr…

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The sarissa or sarisa was a 4 to 7 metre (13-21 feet) long pike used in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic warfare. It was introduced by Philip II of Macedon and was used in the traditional Greek phalanx formation as a replacement for the earlier dory, which was considerably shorter. The phalanxes of Philip II of Macedon were known as Macedonian phalanxes. The word remained in use throughout the Byzantine years to sometimes describe the long spears of High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The sarissa or sarisa was a 4 to 7 metre (13-21 feet) long pike used in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic warfare. It was introduced by Philip II of Macedon and was used in the traditional Greek phalanx formation as a replacement for the earlier dory, which was considerably shorter. The phalanxes of Philip II of Macedon were known as Macedonian phalanxes. The word remained in use throughout the Byzantine years to sometimes describe the long spears of the Byzantine infantry. The sarissa bearing phalanx would usually march to battle in open formation to facilitate movement. Before the charge, it would tighten its files to close formation or even compact formation (synaspsimos). The tight formation of the phalanx created a "wall of pikes", and the pike was so long that there were fully five rows of them projecting in front of the front rank of men-even if an enemy got past the first row, there were still four more to stop him. The back rows bore their pikes angled upwards in readiness, which served the additional purpose of deflecting incoming arrows. Books, History~~Ancient~~General, Sarissa~~Frederic-P-Miller, 999999999, Sarissa, Frederic P. Miller (Editor), Agnes F. Vandome (Editor), John McBrewster (Editor), 6131863822, VDM Publishing House Ltd., , , , , VDM Publishing House Ltd.<