05-12-2010, 12:43 AM
Agreed, with both you and Vortigern Studies,
He could have used Alans, the perfect cavalry force. And besides, at this time the Alans had no great love for the Goths. These men, described by Sidonius, had all the good stuff, armor and helmets. He even mentions them sweating in the pommels of their saddles.
I've always felt that the Britons had a similar situation, only with the Alans replaced by second-generation horsemen from the Equites Taifali. Strange that most things "legendary" in a Geoffrey-Layamon way, can be easier traced to the Alans and Taifali than to the Britons or New Britons. :?
He could have used Alans, the perfect cavalry force. And besides, at this time the Alans had no great love for the Goths. These men, described by Sidonius, had all the good stuff, armor and helmets. He even mentions them sweating in the pommels of their saddles.
I've always felt that the Britons had a similar situation, only with the Alans replaced by second-generation horsemen from the Equites Taifali. Strange that most things "legendary" in a Geoffrey-Layamon way, can be easier traced to the Alans and Taifali than to the Britons or New Britons. :?
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb