11-15-2011, 03:04 PM
(I'm not sure this is in the right forum - feel free to move it, mods!)
I've seen a couple of late Roman cavalry re-enactors using a bow-case for a strung bow. I was wondering, what is the evidence for their use?
All the iconography I've examined (at least in an Iranian and Turkic context) shows a curved bow bag containing two bows. Presumably, the cavalry knew how to string their bows on horseback if needed (this is possible, although I can only do it with very light bows at the moment)
Does anybody have any more information about this?
Thanks
I've seen a couple of late Roman cavalry re-enactors using a bow-case for a strung bow. I was wondering, what is the evidence for their use?
All the iconography I've examined (at least in an Iranian and Turkic context) shows a curved bow bag containing two bows. Presumably, the cavalry knew how to string their bows on horseback if needed (this is possible, although I can only do it with very light bows at the moment)
Does anybody have any more information about this?
Thanks
Nadeem Ahmad
Eran ud Turan - reconstructing the Iranian and Indian world between Alexander and Islam
https://www.facebook.com/eranudturan
Eran ud Turan - reconstructing the Iranian and Indian world between Alexander and Islam
https://www.facebook.com/eranudturan