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How to Retreat without turning your back
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Lucius Ampelius        

Claudius Marcellus, qui Annibalem primus in Campania proelio vicit idemque docuit in bello quomodo equites sine fuga cederent.

Claudius Marcellus, who first defeated Hannibal in a battle which he delivered to him in Campania, and who taught how the cavalry could retreat without flee before the enemy;

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With this primary source the problem is solved. A new Roman Tactic has been resurrected. (Or an universal tactic has been rediscovered.) Now, what are the mechanisms of this movement?
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RE: How to Retreat without turning your back - by Julian de Vries - 10-16-2017, 06:25 PM

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