Sub-Roman Britain (Cavalry etc)

[Agraes]

The famous Aberlemno stone, 8th century, supposed to depict the battle of Dunnichen between Picts and Northumbrians in 685.

A bit far from 5-6th century Briton cavalry? Well, it's probably still the best picture depicting how such cavalry would have fought. We got two type of horsemen here. Unarmored pictish horsemen fighting with sword, lenticular shield and spear, and heavy northumbrian horsemen with spears, swords, shields, ridge helmets akin to the Coppergate helmet, and probably some mail armor aswell. None of the horsemen seems to charge with a couched lance, either they use an overhand grip or are throwing javelins.

Similarity between Northumbrians and Britons may be even further reinforced by the fact that Bernicia was the "most brittonic" of all anglo-saxon kingdoms, and this cavalry tradition may be derived from Briton heritage.

There is also another theory that the stone actually shows a battle between Picts and Briton from Strathclyde...