Which of the following armies used the tactical maneuver called "forming the hedge-hog"? * Swiss English Roman Franks Byzantine Which one of the following were primarily interested in raiding for plunder? the Byzantines the English the Franks * the Vikings the Romans A foreign word that means extreme, fanatical, to the death is effete condottiere * a'l'outrance de jure turmae Of the following, which could probably be expected to show the least imagination and intelligence in the art of military tactics? classical Roman infantry * feudal cavalry Byzantine cavalry Swiss infantry of the 14th & 15 centuries Spanish infantry Phalanx means sterile, no longer capable of producing the ancient symbol for male reproductive power * a formation of infantry in close and deep ranks with shields joined and spears overlapping a member of the bodyguard for Anglo-Saxon and Dane kings The correct chronological order for the following battles is * Tours, Stamford Bridge, Hastings, Agincourt Tours, Hastings, Agincourt, Stamford Bridge Tours, Hastings, Stamford Bridge, Agincourt Hastings, Stamford Bridge, Tours, Agincourt Stamford Bridge, Hastings, Agincourt, Tours Of which of the following groups can it fairly be said that at times they showed tactical brilliance but that they never really developed a strategic view? the English the French the Byzantines * the Swiss the Romans This battle was a turning point in military history. Gothic cavalry destroyed an army of Roman infantry under the Emperor Valens. Cannae * Adrianople Tours Agincourt Constantinople A large knife used by the Franks in hunting in war was a Landsknechte * scramasax cuirass fransisca pilum The "art of war" is best defined as military strategy * that which enables any commander to beat the forces opposed to him the finer points of military theory the ability to outmaneuver your enemy superior tactics Which of the following could best be described as the heirs of classical Roman military science? Visigoths * Byzantines French English Swiss Which of the following was and remained the absolute master of the field, able to beat any other arm or combination of arms? heavy cavalry Swiss pikeman artillery English longbowmen * none of the above The correct chronological order for the following battles is Adrianople, Crecy, Hastings, Constantinople Adrianople, Constantinople, Crecy, Hastings * Adrianople, Hastings, Crecy, Constantinople Hastings, Adrianople, Constantinople, Crecy Constantinople, Adrianople, Hastings, Crecy Comitatus means a soldier of fortune an ally, a confederate * a retinue, a following a trooper, a mercenary a fight to the death The famous siege and fall of Constantinople was in the year 216 B.C. 378 A.D. 732 A.D. * 1453 A.D. 1888 A.D. A wooden fence or stockade of sharpened wooden stakes is an impedimenta a housecarl a turmae a robur peditum * a palisade A large shield to protect one or two men is a(n) arbalest * pavis francisca buckler forte These men developed and refined a technic of war that originated in Russia. It called for the circling and chaining together of war wagons * Hussites Swiss Bavarians Burgundians Zwinglians The Art of War in the Middle Ages was written originally in German * English French Latin Flemish The victors of the Battle of Bannockburn were the Hussites * the Scots the Swiss the English brilliant masters of "Art of War" A foreign term that means "oak solid infantry" or "the strongest, firmest, most robust or most reliable element of an army" is Landsknechte * robur peditum turmae foederati oodenway oldiersay The Art of War was first published in 1526 A.D. Berlin * 1885 A.D. 1953 A.D. 1649 A.D. Generally speaking, all of the following are fair descriptions of the battle behavior of heavy feudal cavalry EXCEPT arrogant stupid impetuous courageous * disciplined Which battle pitted Norman and French heavy cavalry and archers against the infantry of England under King Harold's command. The Normans won the day and with it a Kingdom. Bannockburn Stamford Bridge Crecy Mohacs * Hastings Which of the following was a member of the bodyguard or household troops of a Danish or English king in late Anglo-Saxon times. Mohac * housecarl janizary Landsknechte scramasax The word that means that which someone does particularly well and can also mean the strongest part of a blade of a sword (between the middle and the hilt) is * forte pike succor pilum pavis The term for a small, round shield used as defensive armor is pavis forte * buckler turmae palisade The heavy javelin used by Roman infantry was called a * pilum pike curass halbead pavis