Sub-Roman Britain (Cavalry etc)

[Alanus]

You do Alannus? Drat! If I wasn't in Canada and I was within the age specifications I would totaly be in that class!

Maybe in the next life!

The kids will get a chance to fondle bows made from original materials-- horn, sinew, rawhide, and birch-bark. The Roman bows made by Grozer have identical siyahs to those found at Caerleon, which I believe date back to Julius Frontinus and his Second Legion which was stationed there. I wouldn't be surprised if the "Welsh short bow" was a knock-off (in different material) of the various bows brought over by the legions and cavalry. Safe to say if the Equites Taifali were stationed there, they had mounted archers. The Roman-steppe bow is pictured on the Vergil ms written in the Low Country or Wales, now at the Vatican.

I'll be a fun course to teach, giving the kids origins of the lasso, cowboy boots, the Grail, and the Sword in the Stone, all of which entered Britain and Armorica through either the Roman cavalry or the Alans/Taifali. (I have my reservations about Littleton and Malcor's Iazyges; too early. :wink: )