Talk:Battle of Taginae

Taginae is significant to history as the first recorded use of coordination between infantry and archers.

This seems very hard to believe. Is there a source for this?

Eggenberger's Encyclopedia of Battles. Looking at it again, I see he says "first recorded success in the coordinated employment of pike and bow" instead of just "use", so I misrepresented. I think what he was getting at was the maneuvering part; previous uses of archers tended not to be any more sophisticated than "shoot arrows first". But it does seem hard to believe, I'll see if I can find any corroboration/amplification on the point. Stan Shebs 18:52 Feb 14, 2003 (UTC)