basic armor

[Caius Fabius]

The hard part when doing Roman cavalry drill with a large horse, is hopping on while wearing full armor. Deepeeka makes a Roman saddle, but it is "one size fits all" which really doesn't work. However, if you have one, it might help you build a better one, or rework the one from Deepeeka. I have photos of Dan Peterson's Saddle, from top, side, bottom, back, and some of his horse furniture replicas. You have to mount from the left side, when you are carrying a shield, while most "western" and "dressage" horses are trained for right side mounting. That can take a couple of hours to retrain! I like big horses, 17+ hands, but then they aren't really "Roman" unless you suggest some of the temple breeds..... there are several good books, you seem to have a couple of the best. I may have a spare copy of one other, I'll have to look when I get my library sorted out.