Sub-Roman Britain (Cavalry etc)

[Agraes]

Again like I pointed out earlier, even if the 9th century Breton cavalry does look similar to steppe cavalry it does not necessarly mean a common tradition. Even the quoted author, Reginon of Prum, does at one point compare Magyar and Breton cavalry tactics, saying the only difference between them was that the Bretons fought with darts and not bows.

However those light cavalry tactics were really common in the ancient world before the general adoption of the stirrup, and were used by Celts (including those Brittunculi horsemen from North of the Hadrian Wall in the 1st or 2nd century AD), Maurs and Romans.

If the Taifali had an impact on later Briton cavalry, it was as a roman unit.


ArthurOfTheBritons, please avoid any arthurian-related discussion in this topic from now. Several from us strongly disagrees with your point of view as stated before and I think the mods' may have to unleash their famous magic powers otherwise!