Roman baggage camels

[Nathan Ross]

to each camel with its epibata.

Thanks. So it seems the epibata was a sort of mahout, a dedicated camel-handler who lived with the animal. Perhaps - if the 'used in action' bit implies a sort of 'cavalry' role - the dromedarius rode the camel, while the epibata looked after it, as a groom?

Or perhaps the baggage camels were used in battle to scare the enemy horses?