The sarissa or sarisa was a long spear or pike about 5 to 7 meters (16 to 23 ft) in length. It was introduced by Philip II of Macedon and was used in...

(also known as Šarišša, Kuşaklı-Sarissa) is an archaeological site in Turkey. During the ancient Hittite period, it was known as Sarissa. It is located...

Grevillea sarissa, commonly known as wheel grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is native to South Australia and Western...

Alynda sarissa is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile. The wingspan is about...

Serissa japonica is a species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is the sole species in genus Serissa. It is native to open sub-tropical woodlands...

Daviesia sarissa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to inland areas of south-western Western Australia. It is a spreading...

classical Greek phalanx, of which the main innovation was the use of the sarissa, a 6-metre pike. It was famously commanded by Philip's son Alexander the...

much longer spear, the two-handed pike. The Macedonian pike, known as the sarissa, gave its wielder many advantages both offensively and defensively. For...

usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar polearms tightly packed together. The term is particularly...

armies Dory (spear) Kontos Polearm Sarissa Markle 1977, p. 324. Markle, Minor M. (1977). "The Macedonian Sarissa, Spear, and Related Armor". American...

5 m or 18 ft), the sarissa. The length of the sarissa allowed to increase the number of file of hoplites that could fight. The sarissa consisted of a point...

Melanella sarissa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The maximum recorded shell length is 3.2 mm. Minimum...

Hasta Military fork Ox tongue spear Partisan Pike Plançon a picot Ranseur Sarissa Spetum Spontoon Trident Glaive Hoeroa (Māori, New Zealand) Iklwa (Zulu)...

combat, the shield bearers served as core of Macedonian army along with sarissa pike men, usually protecting flanks of the pike infantry. Other types of...

approximately 56 to 55 million years ago. It contains a single species, H. sarissa. Members of this family are characterized by their elongated, spear-like...

German Landsknecht units and French sans-culottes. A similar weapon, the sarissa, had been used in antiquity by Alexander the Great's Macedonian phalanx...

consisted of the pikemen known as phalangites. These men were armed with the Sarissa, a pike of between 4 and 6.7m, a small flat shield and a shortsword called...

Aclis sarissa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm. (Original...

the fierce loyalty of his troops. The Macedonian phalanx, armed with the sarissa, a spear 6 metres (20 ft) long, had been developed and perfected by Philip...

Macedonian phalanx Military of Mycenaean Greece Phalanx Peltast Pezhetairos Sarissa Sacred Band of Thebes Sciritae Seleucid army Spartan army Strategos Toxotai...

2010, Peterson became a member of an advisory board for Oakville-based Sarissa Resources Inc. The mineral resource firm ceased operations after 2015....

dense formation of men armed with small shields and a long pike called the sarissa. This form of fighting had been developed by the Macedonian army in the...

and diplomacy. With a reformed army containing phalanxes wielding the sarissa pike, Philip II defeated the old powers of Athens and Thebes in the Battle...

were Porus' cavalry charges repelled but the mahouts were killed using sarissas and the elephants were pushed back into Porus' columns, wreaking havoc...

formation that consisted of soldiers all armed with a sarissa. Philip is credited for adding the sarissa to the Macedonian army, where it soon was the common...

tetradrachms would be minted depicting Alexander on horseback, armed with a sarissa and attacking a pair of Indians on an elephant. Porus refused to surrender...

Macedonian phalanx Military of Mycenaean Greece Phalanx Peltast Pezhetairos Sarissa Sacred Band of Thebes Sciritae Seleucid army Spartan army Strategos Toxotai...

equipment to Sparta, including the Macedonian sarissa (pike). However, pike-men armed with the sarissa never outnumbered troops equipped in the hoplite...

story begins, Harry is in Arctis Tor where he is nursed back to health by Sarissa, a member of the Winter Court and a servant of Mab, the Winter Queen. His...

Macedonian phalanx Military of Mycenaean Greece Phalanx Peltast Pezhetairos Sarissa Sacred Band of Thebes Sciritae Seleucid army Spartan army Strategos Toxotai...