The Equites Legionis and the Roman Cavalry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13099461 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefan Zehetner (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ancient History and Archeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2360-266X • E-ISSN: 2360-266X |
| Publisher | Mega Publishing House (PUBLISHER • RO) |
| DOI | 10.14795/j.v2i3.121 |
| OpenAlex | W1804520323 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
A view on the Roman cavalry forces, especially the equites legionis. The article describes a possible organizational chart of the legionary cavalry formation in imperial times. By analyzing primary sources the organization, command and manpower of the equiges legionis will be described in a new manner. There is also given a view on auxiliary cavalry organization and command to demonstrate differences between auxiliary cavalry, legionary horsemen and equites singulares Augusti. As primary sources often times contradict each other and epigraphy or papyrology only can give snapshots of situations, it is not an easy work to take a look on the legionary cavalry in Roman imperial times. But combining all sources gives a proper view on the subject and so this article will give a new examination. Because of the discrepancies, which already are given by primary sources the article only can be a try to open more discussions in this special subject
Chart · Epigraphy · Library science · Operations research · Statistics · Subject (documents · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Computer Science · Engineering · Historical and Architectural Studies · History · Mathematics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |