10-24-2012, 06:28 PM
Forgot to mention...the following thesis is good, very detailed with lots of tactical material and not too expensive, but it deals with the Eastern army from 491AD down to Yarmuk 636AD, so maybe a bit too late for your interests:
"The Age of Hippotoxotai. Art of War in Roman Military Revival and Disaster", S Ilkka, (2004)
http://granum.uta.fi/english/kirjanTiedo...te_id=9878
"The Age of Hippotoxotai. Art of War in Roman Military Revival and Disaster", S Ilkka, (2004)
http://granum.uta.fi/english/kirjanTiedo...te_id=9878