CONTENTS. 



XI 



Seel inn ]' 1 1. —Parthian Cavalr : 



Ciun|iaig-ii of Cnissiis— Iiuinoiiso Kiiporiority of Parthian cavalry — Heavy 

 cavalry and horse archers — Tlieir eqiiipnieiit and system of tactics — 

 Battle near the IJiver lielik- -Terrible defeat of army of Crassus — 

 I'arthia the only rival to Rome — Campaign of Ventidius — Expeditions 

 of Antony, 'irajan, and Severus. 



Section VJII. — Tactiat^ Outponts, Patrols, tCc, (/ Roman Period. 



Section IX. — Cavalr;/ under the Emperors. 



Decadence of the military spirit— Great increase of barbarian mercenaj-ics 

 — Degeneracy of the Legions — Snccesses of barbarian horse — Exalta- 

 tion of the heavy-armed cavalry — Great increase of cavalry in all 

 armies — Battle of Turin — ^Battle of Mnrsa — Cavalry under Belisarins- 

 Procopius — His views on archers — Cavalry under Attila — Battle of 

 Chalons, A.D. 451 — Full of lloman Empire. 



PERIOD II. 



FROM THE FALL OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE TO THE 

 INVENTION OF FIREARMS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Feudal Cavalky 



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Section I. — Origin of the Feudal System, — Battle of Poictiers, 732. 



Kil'ect of barbarian conquest of Rome on social system — Influence of 

 German customs — The allodial system — The division of kingdoms 

 into hundreds, provinces, and dukedoms— The military organization — 

 The establishment of y/^ls and growth of the feudal sj'stem — Horsemen 

 in armour decide fate of battles — Charlemagne — Cavalry composed of 

 nobility — Little information known f.s to art of war at this period — 

 Battle of Casilinnm — Battle of Tours or Poictiers, a.d. 732. — System 

 of tactics- Cavalry under Ci)arles the Bald of France. 



Section II. — Cavalri/ of the Turks, FranLs, and Greehs in the tenth 



Centunj. 



Turkish and Saracen cavalry — Armament and tactics — The Franks — 

 Equipment and armament of their cavalry— Cavalry of the Greeks — 

 Armament and tactics — Hungarians — -Their cavalry — Invasion by 

 them of Central E'.jrope- -Henry 'The Fowler' — Extraordinary results 

 of his military genius — The fortification of cities — Reorganization of 

 feudal cavalry — Inijirovement in cavalry drill — Institution of species 

 of tournament — Battle uf Mersebiirg — Otho I, — Battle of Augsburg. 



