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sarissa

long spear used by the Macedonian phalanx
Class type of: spear Q271113
sarissa
F. Mitchell, Department of History, United States Military Academy · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
weapon family
Subclass of
spear[2]
Country of origin
Macedonia[3]
Described by source
Pauly–Wissowa[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en sarissa ar ساريسا cs Sarísa cs Sarissa de Sarissen el Σάρισα es sarisa fi Sarisa fr sarisse he סאריסה he סריסה hu szarissza hu szarisza id Sarissa it sarisse ja サリッサ ko 사리사 nl Sarisa pl sarissa pl sarysa
🔖 Identifiers · 6
GND ID
4179124-1
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300213511
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/sarissa
Freebase ID
/m/03z9l9
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3536610
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3972425

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Country of origin 1
Macedonia
Subclass of 1
spear
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Summary

sarissa is a weapon family[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → weapon family
    Country of origin → —
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → spear
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa, Add reference to a lexicon article."
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