M.C. Bishop Roman Cavalry Tactics review, recensie en informatie boek over de Romeinse cavalerietactieken. Op 28 augustus 2025 verschijnt bij Osprey Publishing het boek over de cavalerie van de Romeinen, geschreven door M.C. Bishop. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.
M.C. Bishop Roman Cavalry Tactics review en recensie
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Roman Cavalry Tactics
- Auteur: M.C. Bishop (Engeland)
- Soort boek: Romeinse geschiedenis
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Osprey Publishing
- Verschijnt: 28 augustus 2025
- Omvang: 64 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Prijs: £ 14,99 / £ 11,99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van het boek over cavalerietactieken van de Romeinen
A fully illustrated study of the Roman cavalry’s evolution, this fascinating book chronicles tactics and composition from the time of the Republic to the fall of the Dominate.
The cavalry ‘wings’ that probed ahead of the Roman Army played a key role in its campaigns of conquest, masking its marching flanks and seeking to encircle enemies in battle. However, the original small cavalry arm provided by the citizen nobility had proved inadequate before the end of the Republic, and Julius Caesar’s cavalry was largely made up of hired allies. During the Early Principate, the armies under Augustus continued in this vein, incorporating large numbers of non-citizen auxiliary cavalry units. The provinces came under increasing attack throughout and following the chaotic mid-3rd century, and Rome took lessons from its ‘barbarian’ enemies in how to improve its military mobility, adopting both new, heavily armoured shock cavalry and horse-archers, and vitally shaping the tactics employed during the Dominate.
In this engaging study, Roman Army expert M.C. Bishop charts how the cavalry grew to become the dominant force in Roman field armies by the twilight of the Western Empire. Eight newly commissioned artwork plates and a rich selection of artefact photographs and archaeological sources provide vivid detail and insight, helping to bring to the life the evolving tactics, clothing and weaponry of Rome’s cavalry from the 2nd century BC through to the 5th century AD.
M.C. Bishop is a writer, publisher and archaeologist. He is an authority on all aspects of Ancient Rome at war, with particular emphasis on arms and armour of the era. He has written, co-written or edited dozens of books and articles on the subject, and leads tours of Hadrian’s Wall and other Roman sites.