Basic Organization of the Roman Cavalry ... Types of Roman Cavalry ... Roman Cavalry Ranks...
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Auxiliary troops of the Roman army could be formed from either auxiliary light cavalry known as alae , auxiliary light infantry known as cohors auxiliae , or a flexible mixture of the two known as...
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Auxiliaries (Roman military) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Auxiliaries (from Latin: auxilia = "supports") formed the standing non-citizen corps of the Roman army of the Principate (30 BC–284 AD), alongside the citizen legions. By the 2nd century, the auxil...
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The Roman Cavalry ... The Romans themselves were never great horsemen, and Roman cavalry was seldom truly Roman. ... Roman cavalry of the early and middle Empire was organized in alae, units of 500 to 1,000 men divided into squadrons, or turmae, of 30 or 40 horsemen under the command of decurions.
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Welcome to Trajan's Roman Cavalry Site. The articles that you will find on the following pages will I hope give you an insight regarding current understanding of the Roman Cavalry. They are my own views and do not necessarily reflect the views of any organisation.
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[5.16] the horse [Roman cavalry] also fought with great danger, because they [the Britons] generally retreated even designedly, and, when they had drawn off our men a short distance from the legions, leaped from their chariots and fought on foot in unequal [and to them advantageous] battle.
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The Cunei were small, irregular auxiliary units predominant in the later Roman empire, who sported a variety of weapons skills; the Ribchester Cuneus was a cavalry unit possibly enlisted from among the sons and grandsons of the original Sarmatian veterans who settled in the area.
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This is a special pre-release version of the Field of Glory Early Imperial Roman Auxiliary Cavalry set! The packaging hasn't been finalized, but you can get the figures! Here are some quick pics of a 1/2 pack of Roman cavalry.
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Resources on the Roman military, and especially the equites or cavalry and pedites or infantry. ... Roman Military Leaders; Profiles of Roman military leaders Agrippa, Brutus, Camillus, Cincinnatus, Horatius, Marius, Stilicho, and Sulla.
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Equites were Roman horsemen or knights. The name is derived from the Latin for horse, equus. The equites came to be a social class. A single member of the equestrian class was called an eques ... The equites were originally an important division of the Roman army, but over time, they lost their military prominence moving...
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