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Title says all. (Apologies if this is in the wrong spot)
How many defeats did the romans suffer from enemy cavalry? And how did the enemy cavalry achieve victory.
Note: Let's not have another can horses charge into solid infantry debate. Please.
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Carrhae: Crassus vs. the Parthians comes to mind - horse archers vs. infantry and cavalry without means to counter them. But the Romans, although suffering a humiliating defeat, soon recovered from that.
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Sassanid victories over Rome (e.g. Barbalissos and Valerian's Carrhae) were acheived mostly through cavalry.
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Of course, many defeats were initialised with the defeat of the Roman cavalry by enemy cavalry. Such as defeats at Cannae and Adrianople.