Sarissa | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 03/10/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
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00:00:33 1 Composition and utility
00:01:53 2 Tactics
00:03:07 3 History of use
00:05:57 4 See also



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The sarisa or sarissa (Greek: σάρισα) was a long spear or pike about 4–6 metres (13–20 ft) in length. It was introduced by Philip II of Macedon and was used in his Macedonian phalanxes as a replacement for the earlier dory, which was considerably shorter. These longer spears improved the strength of the phalanx by extending the rows of overlapping weapons projecting towards the enemy, and the word remained in use throughout the Byzantine years to sometimes describe the long spears of their own infantry.