Quote Originally Posted by Alexanderofmacedon
http://members.tripod.com/~S_van_Dor...er.html#maccav



They were used at the flanks by a great general. They can guard a flank well enough that a great general would use it.



http://www.pothos.org/alexander.asp?...d=8&title=Army

It wasn't that there wasn't cavalry worth mentioning orangat. It's that there were no cavalry at all at Marathon.
As you can see, there was no shock cavalry at the time. Mounted men would chase down fleeing soldiers, but other than that, it wasn't much use, UNTIL Phillip enployed Thessalians and some of his own troops.


It's almost midnight and I have a soccer game tommorrow, so I have to go to bed, but I'll argue this point more tommorrow if you'd like.
Take care Alexanderofmacedon. Have a good game tomorrow, and win one for the Gipper! I hope we didn't chase you off, because this is a great thread and we value everyone's opinions and ideas. I was mainly speaking to orangat's
points about the Romans and their use of cavalry.

Gute Glick!