12-21-2008, 12:52 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the byzantines use pikemen a.k.a Kontarioi to protect their missle troops? perhaps Menavulitoi (I apologize for the butchered greek) performed the same sort of function as halberdiers in the pike and shot formations or the rennisance? As for the Menavulion it sounds to me like some sort of polearm or perhaps a glaive or a bill? Just my two cents
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