Trapp'd in silver: Roman cavalry equipment revisited

Cavalry in the Roman world, Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Roman Military Equipment Conference held in St Andrews, Scotland, 6th-11th June 2016 (Journal of Roman military equipment studies 19, 2018

The first Roman and Corinthian cavalry N. Sekunda Cito parare victoriam, cito cedere: Roman cavalry tactics during the late Republic and the Principate M. Petitjean Cohortes equitatae: a conundrum D. J. Breeze GENERAL STUDIES 'Trapp'd in silver': Roman cavalry equipment revisited M. C. Bishop 47 Pimp my ride: early Imperial cavalry, saddle plates, and longreining M. C. Bishop What was a cavalrytype of Roman greave in the first century AD? B. Burandt Evening the odds: apotropaic protection for horses S. Hoss On bangles and horses. The use and abuse of RomanoBritish glass bangles on military and indigenous sites in Romanperiod Britain T. Ivleva Eine Kopfniete mit dem Relief des Nero S. Ortisi REGIONAL AND LOCAL STUDIES Spurensuche zur Reiterei im Legionslager von Nimwegen S. WeissKonig Bits and pieces: 1stcentury horse gear from Roman military sites on the Lower Rhine M. Zandstra Virtus at the limes: a cavalry sports shield boss from Welzheim (Germany) A. Thiel Roman cavalry equipment and other militaria from the 2010 and 2011 excavations at Ptuj (Slovenia) J. Istenic Traces of Roman cavalry in Poetovio M. Vomer Gokovic RECONSTRUCTION STUDIES

Cette publication dévoile les résultats obtenus lors d’un projet d’archéologie expérimentale qui portait sur les tournois équestres (hippika gymnasia) de la cavalerie d’Hadrien (Carlisle, juin-juillet 2017). Principalement destiné au grand public, cet Hadrian’s Cavalry Project s’est concrétisé sous la forme de trois spectacles impliquant trente cavaliers. En tant qu’expert scientifique, ma contribution a principalement consisté à réaliser une traduction de la deuxième partie du traité tactique d’Arrien en anglais, que j’ai intégrée, avec un ensemble de diagrammes explicatifs, dans un manuel d’instruction destiné aux « reconstituteurs ». Ce « règlement » a pu servir pour certaines des manœuvres exécutées lors du spectacle. Il a surtout été utile au cours de la matinée du 2 juillet, exclusivement consacrée à des projets d’expérimentation scientifique, en l’absence du public.

Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2003

The Materiality of the Horse, 2020

Abstract – The present study compares and takes an in-depth look at archaeological, written and iconographical evidences of the Eastern Roman equestrian military equipment during 6th - 7th centuries, between the reigns of the emperors Justinian and Heraclius. The evidences for Eastern Roman equestrian military equipment are compared with sources from territory and cultures outside the empire (e.g. the Sasanians and the Àvars), with the aim to look for any external influence. Also, some major issues related to the subject are analyzed, such as: the production of the equestrian military equipment, which seems to be unrelated with the imperial fabricae of military gear; how widespread was the actual use of horse armours in the Eastern Roman army between 6th and 7th century, since apparently there are huge discrepancies between military manuals prescriptions, iconographical sources and archaeological evidence; how widespread actually was the use of the newly introduced stirrups, which are for the first time mentioned in the Strategikon by emperor Maurice Tiberius; the possibility of the usage of at least two different types of saddle in the Eastern Roman army of the period.

Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies 19 (p. 137-147), 2018

Over the years, many pieces of horse gear have been recovered from Roman military sites along the Lower Rhine. These finds can offer insight into the composition of the Roman army operating in Germania inferior. This army was, especially during the 1st century AD, highly mobile and consisted of various units, but which units precisely is not clear. The aim of this paper is to evaluate whether previous attributions with respect to some items of horse gear still hold true and to examine whether more items can be added to this list. Two published case studies serve as starting points: the so-called ring bits recovered at Krefeld-Gellep in Germany, and a diverse set of riding spurs found at Nijmegen-Kops Plateau in the Netherlands. They constitute the starting point for an investigation of early Imperial cavalry equipment from the Lower Rhine region.

Xenia Pauli Jensen & Thomas Grane (eds), Imitation and Inspiration. Proceedings of the 18th International Roman Military Equipment Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 9th–14th June 2013, 2016, 37-44

The excavations conducted over the years in Roman forts from Dacia have yielded many pieces of equine equipment, but no set has been yet published. There is good reason to believe that the openwork fittings from Porolissum presented in this paper, if not part of the same set, at least belonged to sets of the same kind. Thus, they offer some clues as to how elements usually found in isolation could be combined, as well as some insight into the look of military horses on the Dacian frontier in the latter half of the 2nd century.

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Acta Musei Napocensis, 2018

The present paper discusses two funerary monuments from Alba county (Romania) depicting riders. These had been published before, but only summarily, without taking note of the details of military equipment illustrated on them. This is surprising because depictions of soldiers in full battle equipment are very rare in Dacia, not to mention that both monuments were dated to the 3rd century, a period in which such representations are scarce throughout the Empire. Therefore, the traditional art-historical approach to the study of Roman stone monuments will be by-passed and, instead of focusing on the type of monument, elements of style, workshops etc., the study will attempt to discuss at length the riders’ attire and the implications for the study of Roman military equipment.