THE EQUITES LEGIONIS AND THE ROMAN CAVALRY
<p>A view on the Roman cavalry forces, especially the <em>equites legionis. </em>The article describes a possible organizational chart of the legionary cavalry formation in imperial times. By analyzing primary sources the organization, command and manpower of the <em>equiges...
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| Language: | English |
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Mega Publishing House
2015-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology |
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| Online Access: | https://jaha.org.ro/index.php/JAHA/article/view/121 |
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| Summary: | <p>A view on the Roman cavalry forces, especially the <em>equites legionis. </em>The article describes a possible organizational chart of the legionary cavalry formation in imperial times. By analyzing primary sources the organization, command and manpower of the <em>equiges legionis </em>will be described in a new manner.</p><p>There is also given a view on auxiliary cavalry organization and command to demonstrate differences between auxiliary cavalry, legionary horsemen and <em>equites singulares Augusti.</em></p><p>As primary sources often times contradict each other and epigraphy or papyrology only can give snapshots of situations, it is not an easy work to take a look on the legionary cavalry in Roman imperial times. But combining all sources gives a proper view on the subject and so this article will give a new examination. Because of the discrepancies, which already are given by primary sources the article only can be a try to open more discussions in this special subject.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 2360-266X |