Arab archery - Wikipedia
Arab archery is the traditional style of archery practiced by the Arab people of the West Asia and North Africa regions from ancient to modern times.
The Syrian archers on Hadrian’s Wall - Roman Army Museum
Archers (sagittarii) are depicted on Trajan’s column, wearing flowing tunics, chain, distinctive conical helmets, with cheek and neck guards, and holding a composite/recurve bow. The flowing tunic was probably to show their eastern origins.
Cohors I Hamiorum - Wikipedia
Cohors I Hamiorum sagittariorum ("1st Cohort of Hamian Archers") was a Roman auxiliary infantry unit of archers raised near the ancient city of Hama, Syria. It was a cohors quingenaria consisting of 480 men.
Hadrian's Syrians - Aramco World
2017年7月1日 · Stretching 80 Roman miles across northern England, Hadrian’s Wall took 8,000 men to maintain and defend, among them some 500 Syrian archers. With them came merchants, too, including one Barates, who married a local woman. When she died, he memorialized her on stone, leaving a glimpse of daily life along Hadrian’s Wall.
The Hamians - Roman Army
Egyptian temples, Syrian merchants, Arab sailors - all contributed to transforming Britain for the very first time into a cosmopolitan multi-cultural society. The first cohort of Hamian archers was the known Hadrianic garrison unit of Magnis/Carvoran, one of the Stanegate forts.
Auxiliary Syrian Archers - Rome - Royal Military Academy
Auxiliary Syrian Archers The chance to strike down Rome's enemies at a distance should be embraced, always. Massed in large numbers, eastern archers can inflict heavy casualties, and the composite bows they carry afford them greater range, accuracy and power than many of their western counterparts.
(PDF) Strategies and tactics or just debates? An overview of the ...
2011年1月1日 · This paper follows issues of tactical fight for a special category of troops of the Roman army, namely the archers. Archers troops usually have in its name the indicative sagittarii, sagittaria...
Pioneers Along Southern Trails: Syrian Scots on the Borderlands
2015年9月5日 · They were members of a Roman auxiliary cohort made up entirely of Syrian archers. This cohort of 500 men was originally mustered about 130 CE from the Syrian town of Hamath, not far from the ancient biblical town of Antioch. From Syria the archers were sent to the British Isles as an auxiliary force.
(PDF) Strategies and tactics or just debates? An overview of the ...
An overview of the fighting style and military equipment of Syrian archers Ovidiu Țentea Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Historia; Jun 2012, Vol. 57 Issue 1, 101-115.
CEEOL - Article Detail
Summary/Abstract: Strategies and tactics or just debates?An overview of the fighting style and military equipment of Syrian archers The article examines the evolution of the emergence and integration of the units of Syrian archers in the Roman army, the specifics or their armament and the tactical significance of the use of such units ...