---
title: Fragments on Cavalry Tactics
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἱππικῆς Τακτικῆς
author: Arrian of Nicomedia
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eul_aid: pcs
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/arrian-nicomedia-cavalry-tactics-pcs-ap"
period: Roman
dialect: Atticizing
domain: Philosophy
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Cavalry Tactics

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἱππικῆς Τακτικῆς*

**Author:** Arrian of Nicomedia

**eul_wid:** `pcs-ap` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/arrian-nicomedia-cavalry-tactics-pcs-ap)

## Text

### 1.(8)

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