11-28-2012, 06:55 AM
In his treatment of the rise of cavalry in the Ancient Near East and Greece, the chapters I read, the author carefully distinguishes between different concepts such as horse-riding and cavalry as a military thing, mounted infantry (foot soldiers riding into battle) and proper cavalry fighting from horseback, shock cavalry (with lances) and light cavalry (with javelins and mounted archers), cavalry fighting with and without formation - as much as the extant evidence allows. I found this useful because all too often these very important differences are neglected.
Stefan (Literary references to the discussed topics are always appreciated.)
