Pike vs Cavalry

[JimMorrison]

Originally Posted by vfb

Those aren't pikes! Those are pointed sticks.

Indeed, or for lack of a better word, Long Spears.

Again, the Pike was not invented until circa 500 AD, long after the phalanx came into prominence. Thus, the Sumerians did not use a Pike. The Pike and the Sarissa are both varieties of spear, and while there are others, it disservices the veracity of any arguments, to use the term "Pike" as a generalization. The most famous English long spear was called a Pike, and we are using the English language here, but that does not make all long spears, Pikes. <3

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