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The World of the Huns
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 Lance and Bow: Hunnic Warriors and Warfare
Historical Thread
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Why were they so effective? What was their weakness? What happened at the Battle of Chalons? All aspects of Hunnic military will be disscussed here.
"When they go into battle, they form in a solid body, and utter all kinds of terrific yells. They are very quick in their operations, of exceeding speed, and fond of surprising their enemies. With a view to this, they suddenly disperse, then reunite, and again, after having inflicted vast loss upon the enemy, scatter themselves over the whole plain in irregular formations."
Ammianus Marcellinus, on Hunnic warfare.
Fast moving horses archers are the troops and the tactic most commonly associated with the Huns, but Hunnic wariors also used the lance-armed, heavy cavalry tactics of their Sarmatian allies and their polyglot armies had troops types of all kinds.
This thread is for the discussion of Hunnic arms and armour, tactics, battles and strategy.
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Jordanes: The Battle of Chalôns, 451 CE (* Attila Valerius, Nov 13, 2004 - 23:36 ) The Huns as Infantry? (* Thiudareiks Gunthigg, Feb 19, 2003 - 19:56 )|
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