enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Sarissa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarissa

    These longer spears improved the strength of the phalanx by extending the rows of overlapping weapons projecting towards the enemy. After the conquests of Alexander the Great , the sarissa was a mainstay during the Hellenistic era (4th–1st centuries BCE) by the Hellenistic armies of the diadochi Greek successor states of Alexander's empire ...

  3. Xyston - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xyston

    The xyston (Ancient Greek: ξυστόν "spear, javelin; pointed or spiked stick, goad), was a type of a long thrusting spear in ancient Greece.It measured about 3.5 to 4.25 m (11 to 14 ft) long and was probably held by the cavalryman with both hands, although the depiction of Alexander the Great's xyston on the Alexander Mosaic in Pompeii (see figure), suggests that it could also be used ...

  4. Ancient Greek military personal equipment - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_military...

    A Greek hoplite with muscle cuirass, spear, shield, Corinthian helmet and sheathed sword. Ancient Greek weapons and armor were primarily geared towards combat between individuals. Their primary technique was called the phalanx, a formation consisting of massed shield wall, which required heavy frontal armor and medium-ranged weapons such as ...

  5. Dory (spear) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dory_(spear)

    Hoplite with spear in an arming scene on the tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix (490–470 BC. The dory or doru (/ ˈ d ɒ r uː /; Greek: δόρυ) was the chief spear of hoplites (heavy infantry) in Ancient Greece. The word doru is first attested in the Homeric epics with the meanings of "wood" and "spear".

  6. Macedonian phalanx - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_phalanx

    Men in rows behind the initial five angled their spears at a 45-degree angle in an attempt to ward off arrows or other projectiles. [5] The secondary weapon was a shortsword called a xiphos . [ 1 ] The phalangites also had a smaller and flatter shield than that of the Greek aspis , measuring about 24 inches and weighing about 12 pounds. [ 4 ]

  7. List of types of spears - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_types_of_spears

    This is a list of types of spears found worldwide throughout history. Used equally in melee and thrown. Migration Period spear; Normally melee. ...

  8. Trident - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident

    Trident of Poseidon. A trident (/ ˈ t r aɪ d ə n t /) is a three-pronged spear.It is used for spear fishing and historically as a polearm.As compared to an ordinary spear, the three tines increase the chance that a fish will be struck and decrease the chance that a fish will be able to dislodge itself if struck badly.

  9. Sibyna - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibyna

    A sibyna (Ancient Greek: Σιβύνη and Συβίνη and Συβήνη and Σιβύνιον and Ζιβύνη) was a type of spear [1] [2] [3] [4] used for hunting or ...