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Artillery in Auxiliary Cohorts
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(01-11-2022, 06:47 PM)CaesarAugustus Wrote: Interesting. Do you have more references about this?

The account is at the end of Constantine Porphyrogenitus's 10th-century De Administrando Imperio, online here. Not the most authentic source, perhaps! The 'arbalasts' are being used by the people of the city of Cherson, rather than Roman soldiers, but it suggests that it was possible. We discussed the episode here.
Nathan Ross
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Artillery in Auxiliary Cohorts - by dadlamassu - 01-10-2022, 06:29 PM
RE: Artillery in Auxiliary Cohorts - by Nathan Ross - 01-11-2022, 07:20 PM

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