08-06-2001, 02:00 PM
"Many things caught my attention: mention is made of a solution of the cavalry problem adopted in a particular theater in sothern Italy. The winning idea had some light infantry ride along together with and behind the cavalry. During a fight they would dismount and form a formation behind which the cavalry in distress could re-assemble and muster up energy and determination for another charge. Interesting that this successful solution wasn't used systematically and elsewhere. Goldsworthy indeed comments that it isn't to be considered an evolution of roman fighting but only a particular solution to a specific problem."<br>
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Well, that's interesting. Will have to go and look for that page. Which one was it?<br>
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Maybe sheds some light on the curious composition of the later cohors equitata of the Principate? Anyone care to speculate on why coh eq were structured as they were?<br>
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J. <p></p><i></i>
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Well, that's interesting. Will have to go and look for that page. Which one was it?<br>
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Maybe sheds some light on the curious composition of the later cohors equitata of the Principate? Anyone care to speculate on why coh eq were structured as they were?<br>
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J. <p></p><i></i>
Cheers,
Jenny
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Jenny
Founder, Roman Army Talk and RomanArmy.com
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
-- Robert Louis Stevenson
