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The sarissa or sarisa [note 1] was a long spear or pike about 5 to 7 meters (16 to 23 ft) ... The Antigonid Army. Akanthina No. 8. Gdańsk: University of Gdańsk.
Drawing of a full 256-man phalanx formation. The Macedonian phalanx (Greek: Μακεδονική φάλαγξ) was an infantry formation developed by Philip II from the classical Greek phalanx, of which the main innovation was the use of the sarissa, a 6-metre pike.
The Seleucid army was the army of the Seleucid Empire, one of the numerous Hellenistic states that emerged after the death of Alexander the Great. As with the other major Hellenistic armies , the Seleucid army fought primarily in the Greco-Macedonian style, with its main body being the phalanx .
Sumerian phalanx-like formation c. 2400 BC, from detail of the victory stele of King Eannatum of Lagash over Umma, called the Stele of the Vultures. The phalanx (pl.: phalanxes or phalanges) [1] was a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar polearms tightly packed together.
Arrian, trans Hammond, M. (2013) Alexander the Great: The Anabasis and the Indica, Oxford University Press. Brunt, P.A. (1963) Alexander's Macedonian Cavalry, The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 83, pp. 27–46, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies; English, S. (2009) The Army of Alexander the Great, Pen & Sword Military
The Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji is a training facility for the Nigerian Armed Forces, including the army, air force and navy.It is near the village of Jaji, Nigeria, about 35 km (22 mi) northeast of Kaduna in the Igabi Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Minor Millikin Markle III (1935 – May 30, 2016) was an American scholar of ancient history, in particular the archaeology of Ancient Macedonia.He worked with the Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos and wrote a number of papers interpreting Andronikos's various finds, and attempted to reconstruct replicas of the weapons and equipment found in the tombs and barrows Andronikos excavated.
Nigerian Army University Biu (NAUB) is a Nigerian Public tertiary institution located in Biu, Borno State, Nigeria. It is a research higher institution for innovation and technology for the Nigerian Army. It was established in 2018. [1] [2] The university is managed by the Nigerian Army which has 75% civilian and 25% military and paramilitary ...