Spear
A spear is a weapon used in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. It is meant to primarily stab. Some spears can also slash. Some kinds of light weight spears were also meant to be thrown.
A lance is a special spear used from horseback. Knights often used it during medieval times. A pike is a very big spear for infantry to fight horsemen.
Examples
Arrowheads and spearheads as they were common in antiquity
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Spear Media
Spear-armed hoplite from Greco-Persian Wars
Sumerian spearmen advancing in close formation with large shields – Stele of the Vultures, c. 2450 BC
Athenian warrior wielding a spear in battle
Re-enactor outfitted as a Late Roman legionary carrying a pilum
Mediveal spears exhibited in Trakai Island Castle, Lithuania
Assyrian soldier holding a spear and wearing a helmet. Detail of a basalt relief from the palace of Tiglath-pileser III at Hadatu, Syria. 744–727 BC. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul
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German reenactors of pikemen
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Bronze spears, notice the ears on the side of the socket.
- Chinese pirate spear hmsL4.jpg
Photo of a spear tip taken from chinese pirates by the crew of HMS L4 in the process of recaptureing SS Irene
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Ukiyo-e print of a samurai general holding a yari in his right hand
