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58 BC (579 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

auxiliaries as part of this army, including Balearic slingers, Numidian and Cretan archers, and Celtic/Gallic cavalry (such as the allied Aedui). Caesar builds

Battle of Nemea (942 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and Halieis. There was also a cavalry force of about 600, about 300 Cretan archers, and at least 400 Marganian, Letrinian, and Amphidolian slingers. Opposing

Battle of Jaxartes (1,053 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to an approach by the Macedonian infantry and Alexander's cohorts of Cretan archers. The nomads found themselves caught between the Macedonian mounted spear-men

50s BC (2,622 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

auxiliaries as part of this army, including Balearic slingers, Numidian and Cretan archers, and Celtic/Gallic cavalry (such as the allied Aedui). Caesar builds

Ten Thousand (2,672 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

he deserted in Syria 1,000 hoplites, 800 Thracian peltasts, and 200 Cretan archers (and more than 2,000 men who came from Xenias and Pasion when they deserted)

War against Nabis (4,199 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the inhabitants of Crete, but the troops referred to as Cretans or Cretan archers were by no means all Cretan, particularly in mercenary forces. Piracy

Claudius Gothicus (4,788 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Achaea was ordered to send him 200 Dardanian soldiers, 60 horsemen, 60 Cretan archers, and a thousand well-armed recruits. However, there is no evidence that

First Messenian War (3,987 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

These were drafted by the Spartans. Also present was a contingent of Cretan archers. Light troops played little part in the battle; they were mainly spectators

History of archery (8,437 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

archers from other nations. Julius Caesar's armies in Gaul included Cretan archers, and Vercingetorix his enemy ordered "all the archers, of whom there

Gracchi brothers (8,975 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

suppress Gaius and Flaccus on the Aventine. With a force of militia and Cretan archers, Opimius stormed the Aventine, killing Flaccus and his sons; Gaius was

Auxilia (11,727 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

period, the standard trio of specialised auxilia were Balearic slingers, Cretan archers and Numidian light cavalry. These functions, plus some new ones, continued

Structural history of the Roman military (10,005 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

infantry. Luttwak argues that auxiliary forces largely consisted of Cretan archers, Balearic slingers and Numidian infantry, all of whom fought on foot

Ballot laws of the Roman Republic (5,624 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

overthrow of Gaius. The consul rallied a militia, and together with Cretan archers who happened to be near the city, attacked Gaius and his supporters

Roman army of the late Republic (6,285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Romans for the strength of their cavalry. Numidian javelineers, Cretan archers, and Balearic slingers were notorious for their effectiveness as light