Parthian shot
The horseman in center left is performing a Parthian shot.
Meaning
Noun
- A military maneuver where archers on horseback turned their bodies back in full gallop to shoot at the pursuing enemy.
Origin
- The military tactic was made famous in Rome by the Parthians, an empire on their eastern border.
Modern English dictionary
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