Mounted Roman Auxiliaries (Cohors Equitata)--5 mounted unpainted plastic figures & 5 horse figures
$40.00
Item Number: 60RMN02-A
Auxiliary Cavalry (Equites Singulares)
Following the civil war with Mark Antony in 30 B.C.E., Augustus created a permanent corps composed of the more effective non-citizen auxiliaries to serve beside the legions (composed of Roman citizens). This corps, the Auxilia, became a major part (60%) of the Army. It was divided into 3 types of regiments:
(i) Ala (Auxiliary Cavalry),
(ii) Cohors (Auxiliary Infantry); and
(iii) Cohors Equitata (mixed Mounted & Foot Auxiliaries).
The Alae (Auxiliary Cavalry) provided the majority of Roman cavalry in the field. Many of these horse soldiers were recruited from among Gauls, Germans, Spanish, Thracians and Numidians.
Following the conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar, the main source for Roman Cavalry becomes Celtic. Thus, many of the Roman cavalry equipment have Celtic influence. Our range would be incomplete if we do not include the ubiquitous oval Celtic cavalry shield among our sets.
The Cohors Equitata contains both infantry and cavalry elements and is especially handy for detached missions such as outpost defence and raids. From the pay records, it seems that the mounted soldiers in a cohors equitata are ranked below that of an Ala cavalryman. There is some speculation that these mounted soldiers are more in the nature of dragoons rather than battle shock cavalry. We decided to name this set as Mounted Auxiliaries rather than Cavalry. We will be doing a set of auxiliary infantry with matching shield emblem for those collectors who wished to have both elements of a full cohors equitata.
Each set contains 5 model cavalrymen and 5 horse models comprising of 1 commander and 4 troopers in various action poses plus weapons sprues. All models are supplied unpainted.
released in APRIL 2019.
