Horses in War

Anthony Appleyard mclssaa2 at fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk
Fri Feb 4 07:52:57 UTC 2000


  X99Lynx at aol.com wrote:-
>> (from Tom Clancy - who also mentions cavalry's superiority to chariotry:)
> Only once the modern stirrup was invented.

I once saw on TV a reconstruction of a Roman cavalryman :: on each skirt of
his saddle was a sideways projection, which the rider hooked his knee round,
and that held him quite firm against impacts.



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