03-22-2013, 06:57 AM
Alanus wrote:
Sorry I have delved away from the subject a bit. But just one more tidbit about horses. Even in 1930s the majority of poor Tuvans (the place where the author stayed) rode mares as they were worth more to lifestyle with milk and foals than geldings. Richer men rode geldings because they could afford them. Also diseases and predators wiped out a lot of their herds quite often and I wonder if there was some calamity or drought which drove Roxolani to raid Moesia when they were attacked by Romans. The Romans always liked to picture their enemies as raiding predators without looking into why these people undergo raids.
Quote:The author-- and tribal customs he describes-- makes sense.Yes these people have gone now and without his records no one knows about nomads too much. One other gem which might interest you as an archer. They were originally horse archers and hunted game but changed to crossbows and by 1931 some had rifles.
Sorry I have delved away from the subject a bit. But just one more tidbit about horses. Even in 1930s the majority of poor Tuvans (the place where the author stayed) rode mares as they were worth more to lifestyle with milk and foals than geldings. Richer men rode geldings because they could afford them. Also diseases and predators wiped out a lot of their herds quite often and I wonder if there was some calamity or drought which drove Roxolani to raid Moesia when they were attacked by Romans. The Romans always liked to picture their enemies as raiding predators without looking into why these people undergo raids.
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Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
