04-13-2007, 07:20 AM
Quote:(This is about late Roman cavalry of course)
Is it? With vegetius we can never be sure if he's describing his own days (later 4th c.), undocumented earlier times (3rd c.) or, as he often does, harking back to the times of Polybius.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
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)