02-21-2013, 10:35 PM
Quote:The Greeks may have had theoretical names and formations to call them, but never fielded the numbers - and the Romans thought 600 cavalry per legion (~5000 infantry) was more than enough. If cavalry were ever that wonderful - then we wouldn't have seen so many infantry though-out history.This may be true for the legions, but what about the auxiliary units which had a proportionately far higher number of cavalry?