10-06-2010, 07:18 AM
October 6, 105 BC: Battle of Arausio: The Teutoni and the Cimbri under Boiorix defeat the Roman army, commanded by the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio and consul Gnaeus Mallius Maximus due to a lack of cooperation between the Roman commanders.
October 6, 69 BC: Battle of Tigranocerta against Tigranes of Armenia in the Third Mithridatic War. The Roman army under Lucullus feigned a retreat, defeated the Armenian cataphracts by to attacking the horses' legs and thighs and broke up the remaining Armenian infantry. The capital Tigranocerta, defenceless, was looted by the Romans afterwards.
October 6, 69 BC: Battle of Tigranocerta against Tigranes of Armenia in the Third Mithridatic War. The Roman army under Lucullus feigned a retreat, defeated the Armenian cataphracts by to attacking the horses' legs and thighs and broke up the remaining Armenian infantry. The capital Tigranocerta, defenceless, was looted by the Romans afterwards.
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)
