Ancient warfare

thumb|250px|Reconstructed Roman chariot drawn by horses. thumb|250px|Approximate historical map of the spread of the spoke-wheeled chariot, 2000—500 BC

purported historical ethnic group

thumb|300px|Maiden Castle, Dorset|Maiden Castle in England is one of the largest hillforts in Europe. Photograph taken in 1935 by Major George Allen (1891–1940).

elephant that is trained and guided by humans for combat

archery from horseback

nomadic peoples of the Eurasian Steppe

Kikkuli was the Hurrian "master horse trainer [assussanni] of the land of Mitanni" (LÚA-AŠ-ŠU-UŠ-ŠA-AN-NI ŠA KUR URUMI-IT-TA-AN-NI) and author of a chariot horse training text written primarily in the Hittite language (as well as an Old Indo-Aryan language as seen in numerals and loan-words), dating to the Hittite New Kingdom (around 1400 BCE). The text is notable both for the information it provides about the development of Hittite, an Indo-European language, Hurrian, and for its content. The text was inscribed on cuneiform tablets discovered during excavations of Boğazkale and Ḫattuša in 190

Sarmatian Roman pole weapon

war though the end of the ancient period

pigs used in warfare

helmet with horns

right|thumb|450px|Possible Maryannu from the Tomb of Userhet The Maryannu were a caste of chariot-mounted hereditary warrior nobility that existed in many of the societies of the Ancient Near East during the Bronze Age, in particular between 1700 and 1200 BC. Maryannu is a Hurrianized Indo-Aryan word, formed by adding the Hurrian suffix -nni to the Indo-Aryan root márya, meaning "(young) man" or a "young warrior". Philologist Martin West suggested that the name Meriones, a character in Homeric epic, is "identical" to maryannu. Thus, Mērionēs would be the Homeric Greek version of the term, ref

thumb|200px|A Roman tropaeum from the Trajan's Dacian Wars|Dacian Wars ([[Trajan's Column 113 AD), note the tree trunk with arm-like branches and the heaped armor and weapons at its base]] thumb|350px|A Roman tropaeum in process of erection in the presence of male and female captives, detail from the Gemma Augustea, circa 20-30 AD thumb|200px|A fully erected Roman tropaeum with shackled and addorsed seated man and woman Sarmatians|Sarmatian captives (the woman on the right with head resting on hand, perhaps representing the defeated "Sarmatia") tied to base, [[Dupondius from reign of Emperor M

account of warfare in Ancient Greece

acient armed escort

warfare of the Ancient Celts

History of Illyrian warfare

army of the Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD)

ancient Greek warfare

overview about warfare in the ancient Iberian peninsula