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    Historiography and archaeology provide us with a vast amount of testimonies about Germanic warriors serving as Roman Soldiers. They fought as auxiliaries, as bodyguards for the emperor, and in the end the empire fell into the hands of their leaders and kings. ...
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    Useful references on Roman Germanic cavalry
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    Author: * Nantonos Aedui - 2 Posts on this thread out of 210 Posts sitewide.
    Date: Aug 10, 2003 - 10:46

    I have found the following books useful

    • Dixon, Karen R.; Southern, Pat Roman Cavalry : from the first to the third century AD.(1992, Batsford, London). ISBN 0713463961

    • Hyland, Ann Equus: the horse in the Roman world (1990, Batsford, london). ISBN 0-7134-6260-4

    • Junkelmann, Marcus Die Reiter Roms: Teil 1: Reise, Jagd, Triumph und Circusrennen (1990, Verlag Philipp Von Zarben, Mainz am Rhein). ISBN 3-8053-1006-4

    • Kemkes, Martin; Scheuerbrandt, Jörg Zwischen Patrouille und Parade: Die Römische Reiterei am Limes (undated, Schriften des Limesmuseums Aalen) ISBN 3-8062-1440-9

    • Speidel, M. P. Riding for Caesar: the Roman Emperors' Horse Guards. (1994, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts). ISBN 0-674-76897-3


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