09-08-2006, 03:00 PM
Quote: Infantry didn't use roads during marches?? Never heard of that one before... Then what happened with the baggage train?Ever walked on cobbled roads with rivets on your soles? Auch! I meant that the infantry (as the posted before me indicated about cavalry), also probably walked along the soft shoulder of the road, not directly on the stone surface itself (I did not mean they walked cross country!!). But that's speculating due to practicality.
Quote:Very true but... what about remounts? Didn't the Romans make use of them?I never heard of cavalry units that brought remounts with them. Remounts were used by the postal service, not by regular units I think.
Quote:Perhaps this Sarmatian horsemen cavalry has something to do with the movie 'King Arthur' (ughbadmovieughOh yes, absolutely.. Worst film ever and we still get the flak from those 'popular' books..[/quote]
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)