Sub-Roman Britain (Cavalry etc)

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The commons lands practices stem from centuries after this time.

I was only using it to illustrate that it is possible to breed horses by just letting them get on with it. Once a year you round them up & sort out what you need ... all you need is the use of land.

If 5th century folks had access to land you can expect livestock. Once ownership of the land lay in the hands of a few and not the tribe then I will accept an impoverished peasantry ... but it does not make sense to me, especially if a money based economy was in suspension. I am sure that the church and what was left of the local administration would have organised a corporate response aas evidenced by the building of dykes etc