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	Hegemony: Philip of Macedon
		The small numbers of cavalry present were fielded by the wealthy and remained relatively inactive in battle.
		Cavalry were equipped with greaves, breastplate, helmet and a 12-foot lance.
		Thus, cavalry was left to rely on speed and mobility to exploit weakness and disorder in poorly organized or disrupted infantry.
	www.ldagames.com /hegemony/history (1352 words)

	The Granicus
		The right, commanded by Alexander, consisted of the light cavalry, or prodromoi, under Amyntas; the hypaspists under Nicanor; the Companion cavalry led by Parmenion's son Philotas and Ptolemy; archers and Agrian acontists; and the phalangical taxes of Perdiccas, Coenus, Amyntas (the infantry officer), and Philip.
		The left, under Parmenion, was comprised of the Thessalian cavalry under Calas; allied Greek cavalry led by Philip, son of Menelaus; Thracian cavalry under Agatho; and the phalanxes of Craterus and Meleager.
		The generals Niphates and Petines, the satraps Spithridates and Mithrobarzanes, the nobles Arbupales, Mithridates and Pharnaces (the son, son-in-law, and brother-in-law of Darius, respectively), and the Greek mercenary commander Omares all were among the notable that fell in the battle.
	www.wargamer.com /greatbattles/TheGranicus.asp (1743 words)

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		Cavalry suffered for many of the same reaso ns besides the fact that the dominant terrain (mountains) and lack of modern li very (saddle, horseshoes, stirrups) prevented mounted forces from becoming an e ffective combat arm in Hoplite battles.
		During the Peloponnesian War, at the battle of Delium, the unexpected arrival of a small Theban cavalry unit on the flank of the Athenian battleline caused a panic that was decisive.
		The cavalry would often be directly supported by missile troops for fire support and light cavalry for flank protection in a crushing oblige attack.
	grognard.com /zines/so/so33.txt (3365 words)

	Army of Alexander the Great
		Modern studies often assume that each of the foot companion regiments had a strength of some 1500 soldiers, but it is not unlikely that in fact the units as a result of dissimilar losses and replacements had varying numerical strengths.
		Hamilton, J.R., 'The cavalry battle at the Hydaspes' in: JHS 76 (1956) 26-31.
		Milns, R.D., 'Alexander's Macedonian cavalry and Diodorus XVII 17.4' in: JHS 86 (1966) 167-168.
	members.tripod.com /~S_van_Dorst/Alexander.html (3756 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002.07.15
		Ancient Greek cavalry has recently become somewhat of a hot topic, but he proposes that "there is still room for a purely military study of the subject from the beginning of the Classical period to the end of Greek independence [ca.
		Alexander's personal command of a cavalry strike force and his brilliant coordination of infantry and cavalry against the Persian armies are interpreted as perfect example of his exploitation of this 'asymmetry'.
		Philip certainly had cavalry with him, precisely because he knew that the plains of Boeotia were ideal for cavalry operations (as Mardonius had concluded in 480 B.C.), that both the Thebans and the Athenians had respectable cavalry forces, and that the area around Chaeronea was well suited to its use (contra p.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2002/2002-07-15.html (1755 words)

	Companion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Companion (rank), a term sometimes used to refer to the lowest rank of a knighthood
		Companion cavalry, Alexander the Great's elite cavalry, the offensive arm of his army and also his elite guard
		Battling companion, an unofficial name for a genre of anime and manga where the main character, usually a young boy, uses monsters to fight the forces of evil
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Companion (699 words)

	Brown Classical Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The organization of these Pezhetairoi (foot companions, a name meant to stress their crucial relationship to the elite heavy cavalry) was just as revolutionary as the weaponry.
		The companions were the nobility of the Macedonian military, bound together by blood and honor.
		The Paeonian and Thracian cavalry were also armed with javelin or short lance, and frequently served the role of protecting the Companion or Thessalian cavalry’s flank (Connolly 1981: 72).
	www.brown.edu /Departments/Classics/bcj/16-04.html (2814 words)

	pothos.org - All about Alexander the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When present, cavalry was used in dispersed formations for skirmishing or to pursue a routing enemy phalanx, but never as the prime weapon of assault.
		The cavalry Companions were heavily armored horsemen armed with a thrusting spear and a sword.
		The remaining bulk of the forces were cavalry and light infantry from all corners of the empire.
	www.pothos.org /alexander.asp?ParaID=78 (3480 words)

	Major Battles of Alexander's Asian Campaign
		They also marshalled dense squadrons of cavalry upon that part of the bank where they ob served Alexander himself advancing against their left wing; for he was conspicuous both by the brightness of his arms and by the respectful attendance of his staff.
		In front of the cavalry on the right, he posted the lancers under the command of Protomachus, and the Paeonians under that of Aristo; and of the infantry, the archers under the direction of Antiochus, and the Agrianians under that of Attalus.
		After him, Alexander with the Companions got possession of the wall; and when some of the towers and the parts of the wall between them were in his hands, he advanced through the battlements to the royal palace, because the descent into the city that way seemed the easiest.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/ArriCamp.html (13039 words)

	Companion cavalry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Companions (Greek ἑταῖροι) were Alexander the Great's elite cavalry, the offensive arm of his army and also his elite guard.
		King Philip enlarged the size of the unit to around 2000 soldiers as opposed to the 600 used as a mounted bodyguard for the king in battle.
		The Companion cavalry of the Diadochi were more heavily equipped; Seleucid Companions were noted to have worn lighter, but not otherwise dissimilar, equipment to the cataphracts at the Battle of Magnesia in 190 BC, which may have included partial horse armour and leg and arm protection.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Companion_cavalry (306 words)

	Turn 7 (?): Attack Of Athens - SCC Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Mac companion cavalry, had already begun to charge, from the Hypostpist, and Aegma lines that had already expanded, in order for them to charge through, not knowing of the Hoplites they were about to face head on.
		The Mac companions charged head on, into a wall of spears, with no way to turn around in time, they faced heavy casualties, so the Hypaspists were then signaled in, and charged up the hill, to help their cavalry from being slaughtered.
		The Hypaspists, and Mac cavalry were being slowly pushed down the hill, and the Greek pletisists had seen this, and thought the had the upper hand, so they signaled their Companion cavalry (80 men) to charge, and follow the routing Hypastpists.
	www.stratcommandcenter.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=513 (1687 words)

	Philotas
		The most important appointment, however, was that of his oldest son Philotas: he was the commander of the Companion cavalry, a unit of eight squadrons (of 225 horsemen each) that was Macedonia's most effective weapon in any battle.
		Together with his king, he led the cavalry charge at the Granicus river (June 334), he prevented the Persian navy from finding a safe anchorage during the siege of Miletus (Summer 334), and was present at the beginning of the siege of Halicarnassus.
		During the winter, the Companion cavalry was part of Parmenion's army group, which moved from Sardes to the east along the Royal road, occupying Gordium in the winter.
	www.livius.org /phi-php/philotas/philotas.htm (1225 words)

	alexanderscompanions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In Macedonia, selected Companions still attended the king in battle, but their ranks had been expanded to include the nobles of highland and lowland, while foreign friends from Greece and elsewhere had increased their number to almost a hundred.
		Not every Companion was the king's friend; they dined with him and advised him, and they had lost none of their aristocratic pride; a festival was held yearly in their honor, and when they died they were buried in vaulted underground tombs behind a façade of tapering Greek columns and double doors studded with bronze.
		It was among these Companions, turbulent and nobly born, that the Macedonian king had to force respect for his will, and his methods again picked up the style of Homeric kingship.
	www.meaus.com /alexanderscompanions.htm (1407 words)

	Companion cavalry
		The Companions were Alexander the Great's elite cavalry, the offensive arm of his army and also his elite guard.
		The Phalanx would "fix" the enemy into place and then the Companion cavalry would attack the enemy on the flank.
		As heavy cavalry the companions were Alexander the Great's decisive arm in battle.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/LX/CompanionCavalry.html (138 words)

	TOTALWAR.COM
		To balance the heavy Phalangist's lack of mobility, Philip changed the role of his cavalry which had previously been used purely to guard the flanks of the infantry and pursue enemy troops once they had broken and fled the battle.
		Their primary role was to shield the vulnerable flanks of the Phalangists, which would otherwise be left exposed whenever the cavalry was off on a sortie.
		Foremost amongst them were the Bactrian heavy cavalry who were magnificently armoured and charged home with spears before drawing heavy maces to press home their attack.
	www.totalwar.com /microsites/en/alexander/newuni.htm (434 words)

	Battle of Granicus
		Alexander led his elite Companion cavalry across the river to draw the attention of the Persians.
		Meanwhile the Companion Cavalry (the hammer) swept in on the flank to deliver the coup de grace.
		A swirling and chaotic cavalry fight developed and commanding officers on both sides were involved in the melees.
	www.juniorgeneral.org /greece/granicus.html (1320 words)

	The Battle of Granicus (DBA Battle Scenario)
		The Persians gathered their army, believed to be comprised of 10,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry (comprised mostly of Greek mercenary hoplites under Memnon) and took a strong defensive position in-land on the east bank of the Granicus River (the current day Kocabas Cay), where they gave Alexander battle in May, 334 BC.
		Alexander, however, felt that the Persians had made a tactical error in placing their cavalry along the river bank, rather than using the Greek infantry to contest the crossing, and he was anxious to take advantage.
		The battle was commenced with a feint against the Persian left flank by 750 light horse, 200 Companion heavy cavalry in a unit commanded by the Macedonian General Socrates, and 1000 Foot Companions comprising one of the six phalanx units.
	fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/granicus.html (1014 words)

	Alexander took Babylon, but left Persian satrap, Mazaeus, in control
		He took combined cavalry and light infantry, 20,000 men and raced directly to the Caspian gates.
		Alexander put infantry on horse back, 6000 cavalry to pursue wagon train of Darius, where he learned that Bessus ordered Darius to be killed and left his body at Hecatompylos.
		Companions were angry but there was no focus to their opposition.
	web.ics.purdue.edu /~rauhn/Hist303/Alex_Iran.htm (345 words)

	Alexander Defeats The Persians, 331 BC
		Then the Scythian cavalry rode along the line and came into conflict with the front men of Alexander's army; nevertheless he still continued to march towards the right, and almost entirely got beyond the ground that had been cleared and leveled by the Persians.
		javelin men, who had been posted in front of the 'Companion' cavalry, hurled their darts at some of the horses; others they seized by the reins and pulled the drivers off, and standing round the horses killed them.
		charged to aid those executing the flanking movement, Alexander wheeled towards the gap, and forming a wedge as it were of the 'Companion' cavalry and of the part of the phalanx which was posted here, he led them with a quick charge, and a loud battle cry straight towards Darius.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /alexander.htm (1029 words)

	Tolkien's Middle-earth doesn't look like Medieval Europe
		It has also been argued that the great cavalry charges of the Rohirrim could not have been inspired by the armies of antiquity, but this is incorrect.
		Although ancient cavalry most often attacked enemy flanks, one of the tactics Alexander perfected with his Companion Cavalry was the straight-forward charge, used to break through the center of an enemy line.
		A popular misconception about the Macedonian cavalry is that they, like other ancient cavalry, had to use their spears overhand instead of couched underarm like medieval knights.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/tolkien/26924/5 (563 words)

	History of Iran: Persian Empire
		Of cavalry there were eighteen hundred Macedonians, commanded by Philotas son of Parmenion; eighteen hundred Thessalians, commanded by Callas son of Harpalus; six hundred from the rest of Greece under the command of Erigyius; and nine hundred Thracian and Paeonian scouts with Cassander in command, making a total of forty-five hundred cavalry.
		He set the cavalry along the front of the whole army, and ordered the infantry phalanx to remain in reserve behind it.
		By now the rest of the cavalry on both sides was engaged and many were killed as the battle raged indecisively because of the evenly matched fighting qualities of the two sides.
	www.irantarikh.com /persia/alex-battle.htm (893 words)

	Turn 19: Greece vs Macedonia - SCC Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In front of the companions are 456 Javenlineers in 8 lines of 57 be in front of the Companions in the center.
		The spartans in the center are fight the companion cavalry in the center who are taking heavy looses but at the same time the spartans are taking looses from the javalins being thrown over the compaions into the Spartan ranks.
		Why Greece lost...Greece sent there cavalry around the side of the macedonians half circle which was just a whole line of pikes...and of course there is no way the Cavalry would have beaten the macedonian phalanx in 12 man ranks.
	www.stratcommandcenter.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=823 (1323 words)

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		The Granicus is also worthy of note because it is one of the earliest battles on record that was decided largely by cavalry strength, though coordinated with infantry support.
		On the other hand, the Battle of the Granicus highlighted Alexander’s remarkable insights into the development of the battle, his anticipation of the enemy’s reactions, his sense of timing, and especially his coordination of his men in a single attack.
		Alexander also realized that his cavalry had a great advantage; his light infantry archers and javelin men, inflicted much damage and further helped to offset the Persian cavalry’s numerical superiority.
	www.geocities.com /univhistory/Mixter_ARticle_on_Alexander.doc (855 words)

	Total War Center Forums - recruiting cavalry
		it's not that I don't have enough money, if that were the case, cavalry units would show up but would just be greyed out, as the case with the pezeheratorio and the others.
		Cavalry is recruitable only in certain areas and at certain levels of the MIC.
		recruit "successor companion cavalry" 0 requires factions { macedon, } and building_present_min_level government_type1 type1lvl2 and not hidden_resource alpha and hidden_resource beta and not hidden_resource gamma and not hidden_resource delta and hidden_resource epsilon and hidden_resource zeta and hidden_resource eta and not hidden_resource theta
	www.twcenter.net /forums/showthread.php?t=40370 (673 words)

	Top 25 Tactical Feats Pt. 3 - History Forum
		He ordered deceptively weak attack to draw away the huge masses of Persian heavy cavalry, dangerous as they were with their new armament.
		The line was quickly wheeled, and while the Austrians were masked by cavalry and infantry, the Prussians fell upon the Saxon infantry as they were struggling to get into formation in the early dawn hours.
		After driving the Roman cavalry from the field, the Carthaginian Heavy Cavalry crossed the rear of the Roman troops, and aided their Light Cavalry by attacking the Latin Cavalry from behind, driving all the Roman cavalry from the field.
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=2538 (3957 words)

	Google Earth Community: Alexander: Battle of Gaugamela
		Darius had recruited the finest cavalry from his satrapies and from an allied Scythian tribe.
		Alexander commanded the Macedonian right flank himself, with the Companion cavalry and the Hypaspists, and Parmenion the left flank, with the Thessalian and Greek allied cavalry.
		As more Persian cavalry tried to encircle the Macedonian right flank, Alexander committed his last cavalry reserves to charge the point where the main Persian line joined the flanking cavalry.
	bbs.keyhole.com /ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/66288/Main/66288 (443 words)

	IGN: Total War Faction Feature, Pt. 2
		Greek cavalry are fast moving horsemen armed with spears for maximum impact in a charge.
		Companion cavalry are a social and military elite, and fight as heavy cavalry using shock and mass to break enemy units.
		The Companions ride the best horses and have the finest armour available; each is armed with a good lance and a sword for close combat.
	pc.ign.com /articles/531/531959p5.html (776 words)

	Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The material has been compiled here in honor of the men who answered their nations call to preserve the Union--and to the wives and children who supported them during their years of sacrifice and danger.
		If you happen to be a great- or great-great-granddaughter or son of one of the men who served in the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, we hope to hear from you.
		If you are willing to share them with the rest of the world, the Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry would be honored to host them.
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