Training the Roman Cavalry: From Arrian's Ars Tactica (Military series)
by Ann Hyland
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Author: Ann HylandEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1993-02
ISBN: 0862999847
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd
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Book Review: Could we have a translation for the non-equestrian?
Summary: 3 Stars
Hyland analyses what is known of Roman cavalry in a manner that will tell the expert or middling rider a lot, but she needed more summary for the non-equestrian to make this valuable to her supposed target audience: the historian who knows little about horses, and therefor dismisses their role. She goes over the cavalry display in Arrian in such great detail that, except for the javelin part, your drill team could set it up. In the end, she tells us, yes, the Romans could do just what Arrian describes: wow, big surprise. Only the crown-of-creationists, to whom all previous cultures must be inferior in all matters including horsemanship, would have thought otherwise; you know, the sort of people who say, "Even though this ancient authority says they did such and such, of course they could not have, being too crude." This book is most useful for its description of the construction details and use of reconstructed Roman tack, when one feels balanced or overbalanced in which actions, and that sort of thing. I also dislike her using her own books so often as an authoritative reference: I'd like to know where she got her ideas or information originally. Her Medieval Warhorse books are much better.
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