Dr. @BretDevereaux covers the effectiveness of horse-borne nomads here:
https://acoup.blog/2020/02/28/collections-the-fremen-mirage-part-iv-desert-power/ …
He notes that there was something particularly effective about pastorialist *methods* of warfare (enabled by their way of life), rather than their lifestyles making them extra tough.
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I mean, I offer my suggestion, "But the victims of empire, out there on the fringes, left no memoirs of the disasters inflicted upon them; when the so-called barbarians won, however, it produced entire literary genres lamenting the fall of the great cities."
Of course, that is my view 'from the Roman senate' as it were. It's possible the view from elsewhere looks different. But it was what I thought was so striking about actually taking the time to tally up all of the 'Fremen' who *lose* and thus leave little imprint on our memory.