military unit

Petrian wing

Name: Tacitus Entire
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Author: Publius Cornelius Tacitus

also: ala Petriana

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Reading notes

The Histories §1.72 Petrian wing
The ala Petriana, a cavalry regiment sent ahead by Caecina with the German detachments to hold the broad plain of Italy.

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