Sentence examples for mounted archers from inspiring English sources

(Athens also sent 30 mounted archers).

None evolved a force adequate to deal with the heavily armed mounted archers of Justinian I.

He then, for three decades, led his mounted archers to subdue each state from Mongolia to the Mediterranean.

The slaves were, however, no match for the mounted archers from the countries northwest of the subcontinent.

He and his compatriots cultivated the military arts and discipline of Genghis Khan and, as mounted archers and swordsmen, scorned the settled peasants.

The amazing military achievements of the Mongols under Genghis Khan and his successors were largely due to their armies of mounted archers, who possessed great speed and mobility.

The identification of Sagittarius as a mounted archer was made by the Babylonians as early as the 11th century bce.

The mounted archer became the archetypal warrior of the steppes and the composite bow was his archetypal weapon, used to protect the herds, in steppe warfare, and in incursions (notably those of the Huns, Magyars, Mongols, and Turkic peoples such as Cumans, Oghuz and Pechenegs) into settled lands.

Archers, mounted or on foot, attack at range.

Maximus and his teammates are on foot, armed with spears and shields, against a cohesive and well-equipped force of mounted fighters and archers in chariots.

Classic tactics for horse-mounted archers included skirmishing; they would approach, shoot, and retreat before any effective response could be made.