Home›Ancient›All AncientBrowse ByAll AncientReference and ClassificationDevelopingWeapons fielded before roughly 500 CE: the pike and sarissa formations of Macedon, the Roman Republic's pilum and gladius, and Carthage's war elephants. Belongs here: a weapon or weapon class fielded by a classical-world force. Does not belong here: a weapon fielded after the western Roman collapse, which belongs to Medieval.FactsAll AncientSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEraWell-attestedto 499 1All AncientFilter Results62 entriesWeapon ClassAllBow / Crossbow (5)Club / Mace / Blunt Weapon (2)Field Obstacle / Trap (1)Howitzer / Artillery (7)Shield / Armor (1)Siege Engine (9)Small Arm (1)Sword / Polearm / Bladed (32)Throwing Weapon (4)War Animal (2)Warship / Naval Vessel (2)Weapon FamilyAllAncient Bows and Thrown Weapons (8)Ancient Clubs and Staff Weapons (5)Ancient Daggers and Knives (2)Ancient Field Obstacles (2)Ancient Siege Engines and Artillery (10)Ancient Spears, Polearms and Axes (14)Ancient Swords (11)Ancient War Chariots and Elephants (2)Introduced EraAll-15500 (1)-7000 (1)-2500 (2)-2000 (1)-1950 (1)-1350 (1)-1100 (1)-800 (1)-700 (2)-650 (1)-530 (1)-500 (2)-400 (1)-399 (1)-390 (1)-375 (1)-359 (1)-305 (1)-300 (1)-270 (1)-264 (1)-260 (1)-250 (1)-216 (1)-213 (1)-200 (2)-50 (3)0 (1)1 (1)350 (1)1979 (1)ManufacturerAllLockheed Martin Space (1)OperatorAllAksumite Army (1)Carthaginian Army (2)Kingdom of Kush Army (1)Macedonian Army (1)Roman Legion (9)Royal Navy (1)Samurai (1)United States Armed Forces (1)Zulu Army (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (1)Retired (47)Country of OriginAllAustralia (2)China (4)Egypt (1)Greece (5)India (1)Japan (1)Wars Used InAllCrusades (1)First Punic War (1)Gallic Wars (1)Greco-Persian Wars (2)Imjin War (1)Peloponnesian War (1)Punic Wars (3)Second Punic War (3)Spanish Civil War (1)Vietnam War (1)Wars of Alexander the Great (1)World War I (1)World War II (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50AcinacesAncientAssegaiAncientAtlatlAncientBattering RamAncientBoomerangAncientCaltropAncientCarroballistaAncientCheiroballistraAncientCloud LadderAncientCorvusAncientDagger-axeAncientDao (Chinese Saber)AncientDoryAncientFalaricaAncientFalcataAncientFalxAncientGadaAncientGakgungAncientGastraphetesAncientGe (Chinese Dagger-Axe)AncientGladiusAncientGun (staff)AncientHastaAncientHelepolisAncientJi (Chinese Polearm)AncientJian (Sword)AncientKhopeshAncientKnobkerrieAncientKontosAncientKopisAncientLabrysAncientMakhairaAncientMeteor hammerAncientOnagerAncientOxybelesAncientPilumAncientPlumbataAncientPolybolosAncientQiang (Chinese Spear)AncientQuinqueremeAncientRoman BallistaAncientRoman OnagerAncientRoman PugioAncientRoman ScorpioAncientSambuca (Siege Engine)AncientSarissaAncientScorpio (weapon)AncientScytheAncientScythian BowAncientSicaAncient12Next →Sources1. War and Military Atlas Periodizationtier 1InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentenceQuote, War and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentenceBoundaries: Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.