Cappelletti, later Croati à cavallo (lit. 'Croats on horse'), or Cavalleria Oltramarina, was a cavalry unit of the Republic of Venice. In the beginning, they were organized as part of the Dalmatian Oltremarini corps as light cavalry for the surveillance of the Venetian border in Dalmatia, but also as a police unit.
Cappelletti, later Croati à cavallo (lit. 'Croats on horse'), or Cavalleria Oltramarina, was a cavalry unit of the Republic of Venice. In the beginning, they were organized as part of the Dalmatian Oltremarini corps as light cavalry for the surveillance of the Venetian border in Dalmatia, but also as a police unit.
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