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The Roman governor Arrian repelled an invasion of the nomadic Alans around 135 AD. He apparently used innovative tactics to allow his infantry-based legions to beat the mobile horse-archers of the Alans. What new ideas did he come up with to do this?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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