Cavalry and chariots against infantry

[Domen]

The Osprey's "Adrianople" claims that it shows heavy cavalry supported by horse archers smashing the Praetorian Guard. But maybe you are right and this Osprey's book is wrong. Anyway - we can clearly see hooves of horses trampling down men (whether they are infantry or "forcefully dismounted" cavalry whose horses already drown in the river, is of secondary importance - what is important is that horses are trampling those men, while someone in this thread claimed that a horse won't trample and run over even a lying man, not to mention standing or squatting ones).