Ancient Warfare magazine Vol XI.1 - Blotting out the sun

_x000D_ _x000D_ Heavy infantry and cavalry often got the glory, but archers on foot and horseback often played an important role on the battlefield.

_x000D_ _x000D_ Theme: Archery in the Ancient World
_x000D_ - Murray Dahm, 'Archery in the Ancient World - Historical introduction'.
_x000D_ - Matasha Mazis and Nicholas Wright, 'The archers - Cretan mercenaries in Seleucid service'.
_x000D_ - Cristian Violatti, 'The crossbow in Qin China - Lock & Load!'.
_x000D_ - Paul Elliott, 'Pharaoh's bowmen - Archers in ancient Egypt'.
_x000D_ - Phillip Garland, 'Archers, backbone of the Neo-Assyrian army - Terror of my frightful weapons'.
_x000D_ - Nadeem Ahmad, 'The Sogdian heavy cavalryman - Traded wealth'.
_x000D_ - Matt Bisek, 'The Battle of Carrhae, 53 BC - Crassus' Parthian blunder'.
_x000D_ - Andrew Knighton, 'Archers in the Roman legions - Rome's forgotten fighters'.
_x000D_ - Melody Stach, 'A history of horseback archery - Shooting from the saddle'.

_x000D_ _x000D_ Features:
_x000D_ - Tacticus, 'The strategic use of bowmen - The art of tactics'.
_x000D_ - Dr. Mike Thomas, 'Facts and myths about Roman sheet armour - Lorica segmentata'.
_x000D_ - Gareth Williams, 'Evaluating some myths of Marathon - Strategy or necessity'.
_x000D_ - Joseph Hall, 'The first centurion - Marcus Caelius'.
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