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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP06 Nov 2017 4:27 p.m. PST

"Cavalry first served in the Assyrian army under Tukulti-Ninurta III. Those illustrated date from the reign of Ashurnasirpal, and show how the cavalry still employed the ‘donkey seat' when riding the horse. Tactical employment of this period shows how, by riding in pairs, they were envisaged as ‘charioteers without their chariot'. As in the chariot, the warrior is the superior soldier, as can seen by his dress. The ‘squire' wears a simple iron skullcap, which in the reign of Shalmaneser III had been replaced with an iron conical helmet of the type worn by the archer…."
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