Alan Military Tactics

[Alanus]

Obviously, the groups between the Black and Caspian seas were substantial, the group in China even more so-- perhaps a hundred thousand in total population. The groups in France, Spain, and Italy were smaller, yet not so small that they lost their cultural identity. Maybe less than 10,000, but not consolidated as they were in the East. If we are to believe some writers, the Alan military tactics continued after Chalons. Here's a portrait of a 19th century Alan who switched to firearms. :wink:


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His name was Vano Ramonov, an Ossetian chieftain.