Arch Of Orange Saddle Supplementary Question

[mcbishop]

The Arch is Tiberian in date - yes? :?

Allegedly (or, yes in my opinion, but others have other opinions).

The saddle depicted here isn't included in Bishop's Cavalry Equipment of the Roman Army in the First Century AD although other Gallo-Roman saddles are - yes? :???:

Yes... er, no... that is, it is not included in the article. I wasn't trying to catalogue all of them, just show a sample.

The saddle I am interested in is the one seen top right - Roman soldier not a Gaul...Gaul at the bottom of the shown picture appears to be riding bareback.

The saddle horn depicted on the saddle top right is not shown where modern reconstructions have it; that is on the top of the saddle on the horse's back. This is securing the rider's thigh.

Sculptures aren't photographs, as Trajan's Column proves. Besides, the guy couldn't get the horse to hold that pose for very long...

AAAAARRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! :woot: :woot: :woot:

(Gone to lie down in a darkened room...back later...)

My feelings exactly :wink:

Mike Bishop