Re: 1st century Auxiliary cavalry

[garrelt]

Stirrups?

Historical and archaeological evidence - including tombstones, mosaics etc - are not in favour of stirrups.

Unless they were painted on tombstones? But the rider's leg position in almost all the ones I have seen suggest no stirrups.

I referred here to an old(modern) cavalry tradition.
When the rider died, his horse was displayed in the funeral parade with the riders boots placed nose backwards.
This symbolizing that the deceased was not going to ride this/his horse again.

I was not suggestion that in Roman times stirrups were used, like in some movies about the Roman era or some re-enactors show in their riding display.
Because there is still no proof for it, or organic material, like leather or wood, must have been used for a mounting help which is/has not being identified like such in the archaeological context.