05-12-2008, 02:26 PM
Quote:It is generally considered that shielded cavalry, actually fighting with shields from horseback developed in Tarentum, and evolved from an Italiote-Greek sporting event, the anabates a race for horseman carrying small shields.I know there aren't a lot of sources on this, but wouldn't it make more sense for the sporting event to develop from a military one? e.g. the hoplitodromos showing fitness for infantry combat?
Dan Diffendale
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan