Now that I think about it, it does seem that the Makedonian depictions show one-handed lances on most every account. Now I'm annoyed that I didn't notice that earlier. But you're right about that. Didn't some of the research say that some cavalrymen held the lance with both hands the moment before impact however? It would be a way to compensate for the lack of horsemanship required to use both hands throughout the charge. Before the moment of impact, the horse would already be headed in the right direction, so steering wouldn't have been a necessity. So from what you're saying, the Hellenic cavarly were armed similarly to the Lonchophoroi (pardon the spelling) in the EB game.


I did misunderstand where you were going with the entire conversation though. I couldn't tell whether or not you were saying that the Asian horsemen didn't adopt two-handed lances until Makedonian influence or not.

So the question now is where did the two-handed lances come from if not from the Makedonians?