08-17-2010, 01:49 PM
Yes, given the assumed size of sub-Roman British horses, hopping on should not have bee too difficult. I was concerned about the weight of armor, but as you say most of them probably wouldn't have had much armor. I don't doubt that they trained for just such a maneuver.
At the risk of going off topic, I notice many re-enactors struggle with the weight of their armor and shields. Is that because us moderns make our replicas too heavy, because the real stuff was pretty heavy, or because we're wimps? :lol: I lifted a replica lorcia segmenta once: it must have weighed 40 pounds (~ 18 kg.)
At the risk of going off topic, I notice many re-enactors struggle with the weight of their armor and shields. Is that because us moderns make our replicas too heavy, because the real stuff was pretty heavy, or because we're wimps? :lol: I lifted a replica lorcia segmenta once: it must have weighed 40 pounds (~ 18 kg.)
"Fugit irreparabile tempus" (Irrecoverable time glides away) Virgil
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