Dr Raffaele D’Amato is an experienced Turin-based researcher of the ancient and medieval military worlds. After achieving his first PhD in Romano-Byzantine Law, and having collaborated with the University of Athens, he gained a second doctorate in Roman military archaeology. A former professor at the Fatih University, Istanbul, he is now an archaeological consultant and lawyer in England.Andrei Negin was born, educated and works in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. He holds a doctorate in Historical Sciences, and is Associate Professor in the Department of History of the Ancient World and Classical Languages at N.I. Lobachevsky State University, Nizhny Novgorod. His primary interest is the study of ancient Roman armour, his main theme of research being parade and ceremonial armours. He has published on these subjects in a number of Russian and foreign archaeological journals.

• IntroductionOrigins of heavy armoured cavalry – Thracian allies, and steppe peoplesHistory and dispersal of unitsOrganizationTacticsWeapons – spears, long swords, macesArmour and clothingHorse armourStandards and flagsRepresentative battles and campaignsBibliography

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Dr Raffaele D’Amato is an experienced Turin-based researcher of the ancient and medieval military worlds. After achieving his first PhD in Romano-Byzantine Law, and having collaborated with the University of Athens, he gained a second doctorate in Roman military archaeology. A former professor at the Fatih University, Istanbul, he is now an archaeological consultant and lawyer in England.Andrei Negin was born, educated and works in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. He holds a doctorate in Historical Sciences, and is Associate Professor in the Department of History of the Ancient World and Classical Languages at N.I. Lobachevsky State University, Nizhny Novgorod. His primary interest is the study of ancient Roman armour, his main theme of research being parade and ceremonial armours. He has published on these subjects in a number of Russian and foreign archaeological journals.

• IntroductionOrigins of heavy armoured cavalry – Thracian allies, and steppe peoplesHistory and dispersal of unitsOrganizationTacticsWeapons – spears, long swords, macesArmour and clothingHorse armourStandards and flagsRepresentative battles and campaignsBibliography

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Dr Raffaele D’Amato is an experienced Turin-based researcher of the ancient and medieval military worlds. After achieving his first PhD in Romano-Byzantine Law, and having collaborated with the University of Athens, he gained a second doctorate in Roman military archaeology. A former professor at the Fatih University, Istanbul, he is now an archaeological consultant and lawyer in England.Andrei Negin was born, educated and works in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. He holds a doctorate in Historical Sciences, and is Associate Professor in the Department of History of the Ancient World and Classical Languages at N.I. Lobachevsky State University, Nizhny Novgorod. His primary interest is the study of ancient Roman armour, his main theme of research being parade and ceremonial armours. He has published on these subjects in a number of Russian and foreign archaeological journals.

• IntroductionOrigins of heavy armoured cavalry – Thracian allies, and steppe peoplesHistory and dispersal of unitsOrganizationTacticsWeapons – spears, long swords, macesArmour and clothingHorse armourStandards and flagsRepresentative battles and campaignsBibliography

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