A Scyth and a Greek cavalryman......somebody should write a book about that. Arrrggghhh!
Thank you for the comments, I suspect somewhat undeserved. But in case we put too many people off, riding as a Greek is very achievable. Kit could really just be a tunic and cloak. Weapons could really just be a couple of javelins. Just simple heads and decent shafts.
In terms of helmets an Illyrian, Pilos and Boeotian would just about span everything from Marathon to Alexander.
In terms of riding I suspect many of us could manage a simple straight line, throwing a couple of javelins on the way. Many cavalry shows are based on the riders doing simple straight lines. No expensive saddles are needed.
You could finish up with a very creditable interpretation of this, without too much effort.
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We tried to be sensible yesterday, but finished up racing around in the wet! It was good fun.
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John Conyard
York
A member of Comitatus Late Roman
Reconstruction Group
I thought the leading figure on that vase was flipping the bird at the other rider at first glance! :lol:
Well, I know I can get a horse to gallop in a straight line....
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
I can do naked....the crowds may disappear tho'.... :mrgreen:
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
Yeah it is pretty awesome. Have you tried laser surgery! :wink:
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
Quote:A Scyth and a Greek cavalryman......somebody should write a book about that. Arrrggghhh!
Steven Pressfield did after a fashion.
Last of the Amazons!
An excellent book, with a slight hint of mythology thrown in too.
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
Oh, I see. Sorry Christian, I haven/t read it yet.
Quote:I'd like to second Christian's comment on the scyth kit... Outstanding!
Or third, it maybe, Cole? :wink:
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
That is a good picture. Could you tell us a bit more about it? The riders kit is certainly minimal, is he a member of your group or an interested rider?
Best wishes
JC
John Conyard
York
A member of Comitatus Late Roman
Reconstruction Group
