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Quote:From this it would appear your avearge (Roman) infantry soldier thought the cavalry gaudy and effeminate! :grin:
Graham.
My brackets round the word Roman as that's been the held opinion for centuries :wink:
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Quote:garrelt post=304050 Wrote:A cavalryman without a horse is just a normal foot soldier.
Not exactly. From the Deurne shoe (without any hobnails) we can tell that cavalrymen were not used (or equipped for) any cross-country walking. :wink:
Correct Robert and I know these shoes.
A Cavalryman shoes won't last that long on the march, but when your horse is dead you still have to fight for your life in a battle.
No time to look for another horse in such a situation.
And a Cavalryman and his horse are so easy to take out (when you are not scared of them).
3 spears will do the job.
2 for the horse and 1 for the rider
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Claire.
I went trough my documentation concerning clothing, reconstructions and remains from hallstadt to late medieval and from Greenland to Mesopotamie.
But I could not find a tunic which looks, in constrution, like the one you made.
I'm verry interested in the source/origin.
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The one that comes immediately to mind is the one that was the topic of that very discussion..lol
There was also the idea they were guantlets, if my memory is correct.
Thanks for the reference...
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Yes, it's amazin gth edetails that phots miss sometimes.
I would be really interested in better phots of any early cavalry!
There is one where the horesman has a gladius as opposed to a spatha.... :eek: :-)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/...tWUCTcjsyg
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