06-22-2009, 08:29 AM
Quote:they would have used some cavalry for scouting or cattle raiding
If you have some evidence that cattle raiding was done on horse back I would love to see it?
Quote:but they are unlikely to have been shock cavalry like cataphracts.Dark age kingdoms simply did n't have the resources.
Or the inclination.
Quote: Bows?i don't think so -britain has far too wet a climate.
Was the climate in 5th century Britain as wet as it is now? I hear stories of vineyards in the south :?
Quote: The majority of warriors would be spearmen or conscripted farmers.
What is your evidence that farmers were involved in any fighting?
Quote: how big is our biggest native breed of horse?
You mean what "was" our biggest breed of horse?
Quote: Bear in mind during the dark ages there may have been britons and saxons on both sides of many battles. The idea of country or nationality is a modern one.
Not sure what point you are making here?
Conal Moran
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