- ****umptions
about how many
cohortes were
equitatae.
Spaul accepts only
those cohortes specifically attested as
equitatae i.e.,
about 40% of
recorded units....
-
mostly originated as
detachments of
existing mounted units (alae,
cohortes equitatae,
equites legionis),
which were
separated from
their parent corps and later...
- than as full legions. A new and
versatile type of unit, the
cohortes equitatae,
combined cavalry and
legionaries in a
single formation. They
could be...
-
auxiliaries would form
border patrol and
escort units called the
cohortes equitatae and the
equites alares would serve in the army,
using throwing spears...
- of his
escort of
Germanic mixed cavalry,
giving rise to the
Cohortes Equitatae.
Early emperors maintained an ala of
Batavian cavalry as
their personal...
- in the name of the Emperor. The
Praetorian Cohorts were
designated as
Equitatae (cavalry)
Turmae (troops) with
centuries formed of infantry, initially...
-
auxilia infantry, each
cohors about 500 strong,
although some were
cohortes equitatae –
mixed units of 600 men, with
infantry and
cavalry in a
roughly 4:1 ratio...
-
units called cohortes (all-infantry), alae (all-cavalry) and
cohortes equitatae (infantry with a
cavalry contingent attached).
Around 80 AD, a minority...
-
Cavalrymen from
auxiliary mixed infantry- and cavalry-
regiments (cohortes
equitatae)
provided most of the army's despatch-riders (dispositi).
Relays of fresh...
- a
cavalry contingent attached, the
cohors equitata (plural:
cohortes equitatae) (80 units); and an all-cavalry ala (plural: alae,
literal meaning: "wing")...
