A great number of people helped bring this project to life (in some cases literally). I wish to thank the following people without whose contributions the following work would not have been possible: Firstly, my wife Kate who has always expressed an interest in, and patience with, all aspects of my research; the following members of the Sydney Ancients re-enactment group for their invaluable support in putting many aspects of the Hellenistic pike-phalanx into action: David Armstrong, Krishna Armstrong, Peter Berecz, Paul ‘Gross’ Fisher, Craig Gascoigne, Mark Kelly, Peter MacKinnon, Robert Wheeler; Doug Nielsen and Anne Nielsen for their assistance and participation in the testing phases of this research; Wayne Robinson of the Routiers Pike & Musket Society for providing me with direction to information on sixteenth and seventeenth century pikes and military training; Andrew Parkin of the Great North Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne, for images and details of the Macedonian pike-butt held in their collection; Willem van Haarlem from the Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam for images and details of the Ptolemaic shield mould in their collection; Stavros Paspalas from the Australian Archaeological Institute in Athens for his help in obtaining images used in this publication; Dr. Bill Franzen of Australian Catholic University for his valuable input and assistance with the mathematical formulae used throughout this work; Dr. Ian Plant from Macquarie University for help with some of the ancient passages used in this research; the editors of Antichthon for allowing me to reproduce the information I published in the article The Length of the Sarissa in an earlier edition of the journal (No.46 [2012], pages 79-100); and all of the other friends and colleagues who offered their support and encouragement during the research and writing of this project.
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