03-04-2008, 09:09 AM
Hi Paul,
If dory was a generic word for spear, does this infantry spear have a specific name? I mean, it's clearly not a sarissa, obviously. If Roman authors would have this spear in mind when referring to a hasta, would you say they're using the right word?
Btw, this image is what I have in mind when thinking of the infantry kontos - a long thrusting/stabbing spear between 7ft. and 9ft. long, shorter than the cavalry kontos of course.
Quote:IIRC there is one showing a later Hoplite fending off an Amazon/Persian cavalryman with such a dory
If dory was a generic word for spear, does this infantry spear have a specific name? I mean, it's clearly not a sarissa, obviously. If Roman authors would have this spear in mind when referring to a hasta, would you say they're using the right word?
Btw, this image is what I have in mind when thinking of the infantry kontos - a long thrusting/stabbing spear between 7ft. and 9ft. long, shorter than the cavalry kontos of course.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)