03-10-2012, 12:43 AM
Quote:@ Renates: that could be the reference I am looking for. I'll ask some of my academic friends to try and retrieve it for me. Thanks !
If they can't find it I'd be happy to send you the info. Speidel's book has been resplendent on my bookshelves since it came out in 1984!
Quick thought...In the first paragraph of said article, Speidel refers to the "battle cavalry" and infers a type of rapid response unit. Quick, agile and clearly very good at stopping incursions across the empire.
And although I can be fairly anal about all things horses I had always taken the stablesiani to be a descriptor of function of the unit NOT the unit itself. Could it not be a stabilization force hence the derivitive of stabilis as opposed to stabulum?
<takes cover behind sofa> :mrgreen:
Moi Watson
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
