Spear and Shield

From: Andrew Barton <AndrewBarton_at_compuserve.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 19:04:17 -0500

> Besides the Greek hoplites, were there any other "shock" infantry types
using just spear and shield?

Early Roman Hastati. Carthaginian citizen spear. Probably others.

> In every other case I can think of, the spear is either a secondary arm
meant to be thrown, or used by light troops, probably to skirmish/fence with.

The Persians used line infantry with bow and spear. Roman armies sometimes used Lancea, one-handed spears that could be either thrown or used in melee.

Andrew

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