- the Xiong-nu, as "Those Who Draw the Bow". For example, Xiong-nu
mounted bowmen made them more than a
match for the Han military, and
their threat was at...
- the
Standard in 1138.
During the Anglo-Norman
invasions of Wales,
Welsh bowmen took a
heavy toll of the
invaders and
Welsh archers would feature in English...
- The
Boscombe Bowmen is the name
given by
archaeologists to a
group of
early Bronze Age (Bell Beaker)
people found in a
shared burial at
Boscombe Down in...
- The
Cheshire archers were a body of
elite soldiers noted for
their skills with the
longbow that
fought in many
engagements in
England and
France in the...
- 1914, the
Welsh author Arthur Machen published a
short story entitled "The
Bowmen" in The
Evening News,
inspired by
accounts that he had read of the fighting...
-
widespread if
supplemental part of the
military in the
classical period, and
bowmen fought on foot, in
chariots or
mounted on horses.
Archery rose to prominence...
- reinforcements, 1,600 cavalry,
mostly of
Hunnic or
Slavic origin and
expert bowmen.
Despite shortages, he
starts raids against the
Gothic camps and Vitiges...
- The
Scythian archers were a
hypothesized police force of 5th- and
early 4th-century BC
Athens that is
recorded in some Gr****
artworks and literature. The...
- who were
variously described as rebels, outlaws, raiders, mercenaries,
bowmen, servants, slaves, and laborers. The term was
first discovered in its Akkadian...
- Libya, Meryey, son of Ded, has
fallen upon the
country of
Tehenu with his
bowmen — Sherden, Shekelesh, Ekwesh, Lukka, Teresh.
Taking the best of
every warrior...
