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Sarissophoroi

A damaged 3rd-century BCE painting of a Macedonian cavalryman wielding a spear (perhaps a sarissa or a xyston?). Found by K. F. Kinch, with the new painting of the original painting by Oscar Willerup.

The sarissophoroi (σαρισσοφόροι, sarissa bearers; singular: sarissophoros σαρισσοφόρος), also called prodromoi, were a unit of light cavalry in the ancient Macedonian army.

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