05-06-2014, 07:06 PM
Well, we seem to be OK now. :whistle:
I know this is about heavy cavalry vs heavy cavalry, and it looks like the Sarmat horse were heavier than the Scythian ones, yet what's surprising are the Sarmat's bone-syahed bows, which evidently date prior to the 3rd century BCE. This is a century earlier than we previously thought. :errr:
ALSO-- I changed my avatar picture... but I'm still viewing the Old one. How inextricably odd!
I know this is about heavy cavalry vs heavy cavalry, and it looks like the Sarmat horse were heavier than the Scythian ones, yet what's surprising are the Sarmat's bone-syahed bows, which evidently date prior to the 3rd century BCE. This is a century earlier than we previously thought. :errr:
ALSO-- I changed my avatar picture... but I'm still viewing the Old one. How inextricably odd!
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb