الفرسان النوميديون ودورهم العسكري في حملة حنبعل على إيطاليا

Abstract EN

The Numidain knights based their military organization on a formation of a basic stand-alone combat unit, knight had a set of factors that made them some of the best and most skilled knights of the ancient world, thes knights had a set of factors that made them the best knights of the mediterranean, these factors are represented in many advantages, the most important of which is the excellent quality of the horses that characterize the land of Numidia, in addition to that, Numidian knight was famous for his skill in fighting, all these qualities that are characteristic of the knights of the Numidians, Hannibal made use of them in his campaign against Italy, during the second Punic war (218bc-201 BC) (the battle of the Tessin)-(the battle of Trébie)-(the battle of Trasimène)-(the battle of Canne).

this article includes a historical study of the important role of the Numidian knights in the Numidian army, and theire decisive role in Hannibal's campaign against Italy.