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Cavalry Defense
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02-10-2005, 02:16 AM
Connolly seems to think that the heavier pilum was used as a spear in defensive formations.<br>
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Plutarch wrote that in Caeser's Civil War against Pompey some of his legionaries used their pilum as spears against enemy cavalry.<br>
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Caesar himself wrote that his men used their pila as spears when defending at Alesia (IIRC). <p></p><i></i>
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Cavalry Defense - by Anonymous - 02-09-2005, 05:22 PM
Re: Cavalry Defense - by Anonymous - 02-10-2005, 02:16 AM
Re: Cavalry Defense - by Anonymous - 02-10-2005, 07:11 PM
Re: Cavalry Defense - by Sassanid - 02-11-2005, 12:04 AM
Re: Cavalry Defense - by Caius Fabius - 02-11-2005, 02:28 PM
Re: Cavalry Defense - by Anonymous - 02-11-2005, 05:28 PM
Re: Cavalry Defense - by Carlton Bach - 02-11-2005, 05:48 PM
Re: Cavalry Defense - by Anonymous - 02-11-2005, 06:12 PM
Re: Cavalry Defense - by StrategyM - 02-15-2005, 10:14 PM
Re: Cavalry Defense - by Los456 - 02-16-2005, 05:02 PM

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