I didn’t know this fact from the list: (I hope it’s accurate!)
What makes the sarissa special is its length. While the Greeks used 7-9 foot spears in their phalanx, Phillip II of Macedon equipped his soldiers with pikes 13-20 feet in length depending on need and usage. As such, when he went on to conquer the Greeks, Athenians and Spartans alike could do nothing in the face of this walking wall of spiked death. Their spears were too short to reach the Macedonians.




