The cavalry of the Roman republic : cavalry combat and elite reputations in the Middle and Late Republic / Jeremiah B. McCall.
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2002.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Cavalry service and elite reputations: the problem of the citizen cavalry's disappearance
- 2. Assessing the Roman cavalry's military effectiveness
- 3. Equipment and tack
- 4. Roman cavalry tactics circa 300-100
- 5. Combat motivation: cavalry service and elite reputations
- 6. Dating the disappearance of the citizen cavalry corps
- 7. Alternative sources of prestige and the end of citizen cavalry service
- App. 1. Diagrams of the battles of Cannae and Zama
- App. 2. Roman cavalry formations: some considerations
- App. 3. The size of the cavalry class and the burden of cavalry service before the Social War.
