The Roman Cavalry

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)

DEGREESNA 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.