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how far could spartans throw their spear?
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Quote from wikipedia
The primary weapon was a spear around 2.7 meters (3 yards) in length called a doru. Although accounts of its length vary, it is usually now believed to have been seven to nine feet long (~2.1 - ~2.7m). It was held one-handed, the other hand holding the hoplite's shield.
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By contrast with hoplites, other contemporary infantry (e.g. Persian) tended to wear relatively light armour, use wicker shields, and were armed with shorter spears, javelins, and bows.
I think the spartan spear was more of a lance and not thrown like a javelin. the macedonians had a spear a pike called a sarissa.
The primary weapon was a spear around 2.7 meters (3 yards) in length called a doru. Although accounts of its length vary, it is usually now believed to have been seven to nine feet long (~2.1 - ~2.7m). It was held one-handed, the other hand holding the hoplite's shield.
also
By contrast with hoplites, other contemporary infantry (e.g. Persian) tended to wear relatively light armour, use wicker shields, and were armed with shorter spears, javelins, and bows.
I think the spartan spear was more of a lance and not thrown like a javelin. the macedonians had a spear a pike called a sarissa.
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...or Sarissaroi, the most formidable spear in antiquity, and the infantry men that carried it were the Macedonian Pezhetairoi.