July 21st, 2004 Re: What part of the Middle Ages? info
Originally Posted by OldArmyDoc Originally Posted by dsj During
the middle ages I mean. During the first 3 centuries AD and last
two BC, I would vote for the Roman Legions and the Irish Fianna
(who butchered the Roman Legions.) In the Early Middle Ages the
Huns were very effective defeating the Roman Legions forcing
them to emply barbarian cavalry. The Byzantine Army was
impressive in the 6th Century only to be swept away by the
Ummayad Arab Light Cavalry of the 7th and 8th Centuries. In the
10th to 12th Centuries the Norman Knight controlled the
battlefield until Agincourt when the Bowmen took prominence.
Meanwhile the mounted Mongol mounted archers of the 13th
Centuries were amost undefeatable. Then the Swiss Pikemen of the
Habsburg Armies gained prominence until their defeat and
annhilation at Rocroi. The Ottoman Sultanate's Armies using gun
powder artillery, excellent cavalry, and the elite Jannissary
Troops was dominant the 14th-17th Centuries. I thi