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The War Event20 Sep 2009 8:39 a.m. PST
quidveritas20 Sep 2009 12:37 p.m. PST

This would never happen if Gauls were doing the fighting!! :P

Seriously, mosquitoes are more of an impediment than most Roman Cavalry.

What are the Brits thinking about?

Thanks for the report. Very nice figures!

mjc

The War Event20 Sep 2009 4:36 p.m. PST

Roman cavalry always seems to get a bad rap!

:-)

John Leahy Sponsoring Member of TMP20 Sep 2009 6:17 p.m. PST

Yeah, and if you ever read about the level of horsmanship they suppossedly actually had you gotta wonder WHY they were so bad?

Thanks,

John

The War Event20 Sep 2009 6:53 p.m. PST

IMO, they weren't that bad. I think a lot of the bad rap comes from the pre-Augustan era. Outnumbered, poorly led …

;-)

LEGION 195021 Sep 2009 6:30 a.m. PST

Greg, nice report & figures! Mike Adams

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