Kontos definitions

Kontos

1) Pole weapon
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Kontos

[weapon] The kontos (κοντός) was the Greek name for a type of long wooden cavalry lance used by Iranian, especially Achaemenid successors` cavalry, most notably cataphracts. It was also used by the Germanic warriors of the south as a pike. A shift in the terminology used to describe Sarmatian weapons indicates the kontos was developed...
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontos_(weapon)

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Kontos

spear; pike.
Found on http://s_van_dorst.tripod.com/Ancient_Warfare/Greece/greek_glossary.html

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