Harass Your Foes With Victrix’s New Late Roman Horse Archers
November 3, 2023 by brennon
Victrix Miniatures have now released their new plastic kit for your 28mm Late Romans. See what you make of these Horse Archers which are going to be great for harassing your foes and securing the advance of your main force on the tabletop.
Late Roman Horse Archers // Victrix Miniatures
This set comes with twelve miniatures that can be armed with composite bows as well as swords and small round shields for when they get caught in close combat. Whilst these kind of troops wouldn't have been widely used throughout the Roman period, they did start to include them during the Late Roman era. Many of the horse archers that the Romans used came from their foes like the Sassanids.
Late Roman Horse Archer Firing // Victrix Miniatures
Victric mentioned some more information on the period and the usage of horse archers over on their webstore. For example, there would probably have been many more of them in use as part of the Eastern half of the Roman empire when compared to the West. But, you could find these soldiers being used throughout the period and on different fronts.
Late Roman Horse Archer Reloading // Victrix Miniatures
Victrix also mentioned that these miniatures don't need to just be Late Romans. You could also use them as Early Byzantines if you like as well as Palmyran Horse Archers. So, you've got plenty of ways to use them on the tabletop throughout this Ancient era as the barbarians come knocking on the doors!
Late Roman Horse Archers Standard // Victrix Miniatures
Scoop these fellows up and you can start making some interesting choices in terms of your army reflecting the changing tactical view of battle within the Roman empire. A great amount of research once again from the folks at Victrix and a kit that comes loaded with options for making your miniatures fit your specific force.
Will you be scooping these up?
"A great amount of research once again from the folks at Victrix and a kit that comes loaded with options..."
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Very cool, and to be honest with the interchangeability of Victrix kits you could really extend the life of these. Sorely tempted to use them as auxiliary horse for 11th century Byzantine campaigns against the Normans
I am spying some nice additions to one of my Symbaroum barbarian clans
Really excellent and profitable article! I appreciate you giving these to me and to everyone else. Enjoy being with the baby in yellow online.