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A spear is a versatile weapon, able to be used on foot and mounted on a horse. It is quite flexible in its range it offers. More importantly, in the hands of a good arm, it can be used as a projectile- something similar to a javelin. A lance on the other hand is often a one-time use. If it was made of wood, then it would splinter upon impact with the target. It also needed much impetus to drive the force and this can only be done while on a horse. As such, mounted soldiers often carried a main weapon such a sword or spear to complement the lance.
The phalanx is recognized by its bristle of spears, and the spear was indeed the principal offensive weapon of the hoplite. Eight feet long, it was capped with an iron spearhead on one end, and a bronze butt-spike on the other. There is some doubt as to whether it was held underhand or above the shoulder.