SOME TACTICAL ELEMENTS FOR ARCHERS IN THE ROMAN ARMY
Abstract
This paper follows issues of tactical fight for a special category of troops of the Roman army, namely the archers. Archers troops usually have in its name the indicative sagittarii, sagittaria, sagittariorum. These troops are of two types: pedestrian and mounted.
DOI: 10.14795/j.v2i4.132
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