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DOSSIER 02 / 2022 / FLORINA
The Macedonian sarissa
An international experiment exploring the weapon, the warrior and the operation of the phalanx.
- FIELD
- Military technology and battlefield tactics
- PLACE / DATE
- Leptokaryes, Florina · 2022
- DOCUMENTATION
- Experimental footage, ERT1 presentation and press coverage
The weapon within the formation
Research on the Macedonian sarissa examines the weapon in relation to its user and its function within the phalanx. The focus is on its length and strength, the warrior’s stance and the coordination of the formation.
The Florina experiment
An international experiment took place in Leptokaryes, Florina, in 2022. Its visual documentation is presented in the Koryvantes video “Reconstructing the Macedonian Sarissa: Experimental Archaeology and the Hellenistic Phalanx”. On 27 April 2022, Spyros Bakas presented the research on ERT1.
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Related material
Publications and presentations related to this research dossier.
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Reconstructing the Macedonian Sarissa: Experimental Archaeology and the Hellenistic Phalanx
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EXARC Events — «Experimenting the Sarissa» (Απρίλιος 2022)
Archived reference · The original event page is no longer available. See the research dossier for related material.
