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While strolling around the Yorkshire Dales look what I came across in the carpark of the Falls Inn, Aysgarth this is were they filmed
Kevin Costener,Robin Hood
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Lovely place to visit
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Robin Hood? I'd say Gladiator!
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according to the text this thing was build according to ancient Roman specifications. Any comment on that?
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That is pretty amazing! But would they have had wagons like that?
It looked cool in the movie, but I always wondered how authentic it was.
What would the Emperor and other dignitaries have traveled in?
I can't imagine Claudius traveled to Brittain on horse back, or in a litter.
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Given that neither archers nor slingers can do very much with *horizontal* firing slits, I would rather suspect pure fantasy. Armoured wagons are a common feature of illustrations from the Middle Ages onwards (and are written about in the late Roman 'de rebus bellicis'), but I haven't heard of any successful application before engines were invented.
As to emperors travelling, I suspect perfectly normal (if luxurious) carriages. We know that senators travelled that way, and unlike the Middle Ages, Rome had no prejudice considering wheeled transport 'unmanly'. I fail to see the point of an armoured vehicle like that, really. There is no 'frag' to guard against, no artillery, car bombs, IEDs or small arms fire. The greatest threat to an emperor is going to be someone getting close enough to attack him personally, and to guard against that you'd want free access and a clear field of vision for your guardsmen, not someplace small and pokey. OK, there's archers, but if an enemy archer can get within a hundred or so yards of your commanding general, you presumably have big problems anyway.
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If you can get close enough to get at the carriage, meaning you defeated the strong detachment of elite cavalry, you can kill the horses and light a fire below it... :wink:
