Parthian Empire (Captivating History Audiobook)
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Most commonly, the party an army consisted of two types of soldiers. Heavy armored cavalry made out of the wealthier, high ranked nobility, and the horse archers, which consisted of lesser nobility. This again can be compared with medieval knights who were also of noble descent, and where the main strength of the European armies of their time heavy cavalry called Taliban ari by the Romans and cut off racks by the Greeks made a smaller part of the entire army. Since their scale or mail armor, which covered both the rider and the horse, was rather expensive and not as common, they were fitted with various helmets, armed guards, vam braces, thigh guards and gauntlets, making them capable of withstanding a direct battle with most enemies and well protected from missile attacks. Their main weapon was a 3.5 meter or 12 foot long and rather thick lance. They reportedly could pierce two men at the same time. It was most useful in cavalry charges, especially against foot soldiers. Their secondary weapons were mix of swords, axes, maces and other similar close range arms used in more direct skirmishes. In some rare cases, they were also armed with bows, but that was more commonly left. Two lightly armored horse archers with armor mostly made out of leather course archers were quicker and nimbler and therefore capable of moving around the battlefield as needed. They carried composite bows much stronger than the ones used by the Romans and quivers on their horses, which weren't fitted with any kind of armor. It is also likely they carried some kind of small sword or daggers for personal protection if they ended up in unavoidable close combat. The effectiveness and usefulness of these troops was such that the party ins became famous for them, with even the Romans acknowledging their skill. Besides those two types of troops, they sometimes levied light infantry mostly from among the commoners, which was used in either hilly train where cavalry needed more support, or to finish off the enemy broken down by the mounted attacks. If the need arose for more skilled Infantry Party in Kingswood, then turn to mercenaries. The added bonus of mercenaries was that prolonged campaigns didn't bother them. In contrast to the nobles. Following all of these were various auxiliary personnel, most notably ones riding camels or horses that during the battle resupplied or searchers with arrows, allowing them to stay deployed for longer periods of time. An exact number of soldiers Aaron dispute, since it varied according to how much support the salon says had among his vassals. Some sources say that the party ins were able to gather an army of 50,000 men to fight Mark Antony, which was at the time more than a formidable force. The command structure of the units is also unknown. Historians think they lacked the professionalism and organization of the Roman legions, but they were more than capable of performing various tactics. Most commonly, party ins would attack with the horse archers first firing a volley of arrows at the enemy with hit and run tactics harassing their lines. After a while, their foes would get tired losing the will to fight, at which point the heavy cavalry would charge that the weakest point in the enemy line was breaking them. Usually, if that was successful, victory was pretty much secured for the party ins. The trickier tactic they employed was to attack with the horse archers, pretend to be driven off and then flee when the enemy started pursuing them to capitalize on their victory party and horse archers would unexpectedly turn their bodies around, firing volleys at their pursuers. This move was made so famous by the party ins that it became known as the Party in Shot, even though it was also used by many nomadic tribes from the Asian steppes. These tactics worked great and battles on the open field, as well as for harassing enemy supply lines. But when it came to fighting in mountains and capturing forts, party ins were at a huge disadvantage in those types of fights Romans ruled supreme. Another problem facing the party ins was the fact that most of their soldiers levied by the nobles where people who depended on the land and farming making it hard to keep them fighting for prolonged periods of time, since farming doesn't stop for war.