06-22-2004, 10:21 PM
Hi,<br>
<br>
Polyaenus 8.23, if memory serves, states that the reson for this command was that Pompey's cavalry were young, new recruits and therefore worried about recieving scarring wounds to the head.<br>
<br>
It seems more an expedient tactic in the circumstances rather than a new direction in tactics against cavalry.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Muzzaguchi <p></p><i></i>
<br>
Polyaenus 8.23, if memory serves, states that the reson for this command was that Pompey's cavalry were young, new recruits and therefore worried about recieving scarring wounds to the head.<br>
<br>
It seems more an expedient tactic in the circumstances rather than a new direction in tactics against cavalry.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Muzzaguchi <p></p><i></i>
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\'\'\'\'No matter how many you kill, you cannot kill your successor\'\'\'\' - Seneca to Nero - Dio 62
\'\'\'\'There is no way of correcting wrongdoing in those who think that the height of virtue consists in the execution of their will\'\'\'\' - Ammianus Marcellinus 27.7.9
