| godofthunder9010: No, you're correct when you say the Phalanx was a battle formation and not a weapon (not before the late 20th Century anyway!). As I mentioned in a previous posting:
The Pilum came in a couple of flavors, but it was primarily a throwing weapon - a javelin. The Roman Army did make use of thrusting spears, the Hasta, on more than one occasion, but those were different than the Pilum.
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