12-08-2013, 05:07 AM
In all the reconstructions and artifacts I have seen, I have not once seen wings on any Greek or Roman spears. I think the answer to your question is that they did not need wings until the knights decided to hunt big, mean game; in a phalanx battle, it is two walls of men thrusting at each other with spears essentially, which does not lend credibility to the tactic of going at a dead sprint towards your enemy; as for Romans, they were not huge fans of the infantry spear, but as far as I can tell Roman spears also lacked wings. But when men were taking on massive animals, then yes, wings came into play.