The Roman Cavalry: From the First to the Third Century AD

This study of Roman cavalry between the first and the third centuries AD is concerned with both men and horses: it surveys the cavalry units, their equipment, their training, their recrutiment and conditions of service, and their use in wartime, and in peacetime; and it decribes the supply of horses, their stabling and grooming; and the victualling and welfare of both men and horses. 256p, 84 illus, 35 plates. (Batsford, 1992) ^NA different approach to the Roman exploitation of the horse for the army and in other ways is provided by Equus: The Horse in the Roman World by Ann Hyland who writes as an experienced horsewoman.