Early Imperial Romans: Camel Rider Unit 0622 hissing shells high into the

hissing shells high into the air clearing the tallest walls or towers to crash into streets or houses below before exploding in a shattering blast

Her barrage of the Westerplatte in Gdansk heralded the start of the German attack on the city

Within these pages you will encounter Portuguese adventurers fighting in Ethiopia

the 13th Light Dragoons were at the forefront of the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade

Early Imperial Romans: Camel Rider Unit 0622 hissing shells high into theDromedarii were camel riding auxiliary forces recruited in the eastern, desert, provinces of the Roman empire. The best known unit was the "ala I ulpia dromedariorum milliaria" (The Ulpian Wing of Camel riders, One Thousand strong), raised by the Emperor Trajan and stationed in Syria. Roman 'mixed' auxiliary cohorts (cohortes equitatae) in the East often contained some dromedarii about three dozen in the case of cohors XX palmyrenorum equitata