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Hard riding no saddles or stirrups
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08-17-2006, 08:02 PM
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Tiberius Martius:1jfteuoz Wrote:Keep this up though..I need more criticism..you all are giving me great ideas for my disortation!

I love this term...it combines "dissertation" with "distortion"! (A truer neologism has never been coined!) :wink:

I will refer to my diss as a disortation from now on!

Carry on!

BTW - love the thread but I'm in way over my head on this topic, about the only thing I can contribute is my anecdotal opinion of the superiority of mules and asses over horses. My mother's father raised horses and they always put a mule or a donkey in the heard to keep the herd calm, and lead them to water. According to her a mule will break ice on a water trough where horses will not and is smart enough to lead horses around pitfalls.

My wife's grandfather actually did run mule teams in Italy in WWII where tanks and trucks couldn't go! He always said a mule was worth four horses.
Very interesting insight. I never knew that about mules!
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Hard riding no saddles or stirrups - by Woadwarrior - 06-29-2006, 05:05 PM
Re: Hard riding no saddles or stirrups - by Woadwarrior - 06-29-2006, 07:08 PM
Re: Hard riding no saddles or stirrups - by Woadwarrior - 06-29-2006, 08:41 PM
saddles & stirrups - by claudia crisis - 06-30-2006, 09:52 AM
Re: saddles & stirrups - by floofthegoof - 06-30-2006, 02:13 PM
saddles & stirrups - by claudia crisis - 07-19-2006, 12:45 PM
stirrup - by claudia crisis - 07-19-2006, 07:48 PM
stirrup - by claudia crisis - 07-19-2006, 07:50 PM
Re: stirrup - by floofthegoof - 07-19-2006, 08:02 PM
stirrup - by claudia crisis - 07-20-2006, 12:12 AM
Re: Hard riding no saddles or stirrups - by Felix - 07-24-2006, 07:59 PM
Re: Hard riding no saddles or stirrups - by Felix - 07-24-2006, 11:59 PM
Hackamores and riding - by Lepidina - 08-01-2006, 01:39 PM
Self preservation of the rider - by Caius Fabius - 08-14-2006, 04:48 PM
mule skinner - by Caius Fabius - 08-14-2006, 05:34 PM
Mules - by Lepidina - 08-14-2006, 05:50 PM
mules - by Caius Fabius - 08-14-2006, 06:13 PM
armchair cavalry - by Caius Fabius - 08-15-2006, 07:40 PM
Re: Capabilites of Roman Cavalry - by Matthew - 08-15-2006, 08:04 PM
Re: Hard riding no saddles or stirrups - by Felix - 08-15-2006, 08:21 PM
Sound military tactics... - by Caius Fabius - 08-16-2006, 04:27 PM
Re: Sound military tactics... - by floofthegoof - 08-16-2006, 08:59 PM
Re: Hard riding no saddles or stirrups - by Tiberius Martius - 08-17-2006, 08:02 PM
Re: Sound military tactics... - by Felix - 08-17-2006, 10:56 PM
Re: Sound military tactics... - by Robert Vermaat - 08-18-2006, 08:19 AM
Re: Hard riding no saddles or stirrups - by Felix - 08-18-2006, 07:57 PM
cultural differences - by Caius Fabius - 08-20-2006, 09:58 PM
Re: Hard riding no saddles or stirrups - by Felix - 08-21-2006, 12:57 AM
Good point - by Caius Fabius - 08-21-2006, 03:23 AM
Re: mules - by Marcus Julius - 09-09-2006, 01:30 PM
Re: saddles & stirrups - by Carvettia - 06-23-2008, 09:29 PM
Sarmatian / Alan stirrups - by Carvettia - 06-24-2008, 01:02 PM
cavalry charge - by Arminius Primus - 06-26-2008, 03:15 PM
Re: Hard riding no saddles or stirrups - by Gregg - 06-27-2008, 06:12 AM

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