02-24-2013, 05:15 PM
Macedon wrote:
Yes, but the smoke and the sound was something that the horses could get used to like the sound of elephants in antiquity. Actual missiles thrown against them, seeing them flying towards them are another story.
Marcus Junkelmann notes in his Die Reiter Roms that their horses reacted with remarkable phlegm to blunted javelins and pseudo-stones being thrown at them, even the horses that would always bolt as soon as a pedestrian approached them waving a scutum about. Surprising, considering the temperament of these creatures, isn't it? Cannot find it back though, I'll try to retrieve the passage.
Yes, but the smoke and the sound was something that the horses could get used to like the sound of elephants in antiquity. Actual missiles thrown against them, seeing them flying towards them are another story.
Marcus Junkelmann notes in his Die Reiter Roms that their horses reacted with remarkable phlegm to blunted javelins and pseudo-stones being thrown at them, even the horses that would always bolt as soon as a pedestrian approached them waving a scutum about. Surprising, considering the temperament of these creatures, isn't it? Cannot find it back though, I'll try to retrieve the passage.
