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Pimp my ride: early Imperial cavalry, saddle plates, and long-reining
- Author(s):
- Mike Bishop (see profile)
- Date:
- 2020
- Group(s):
- Roman Frontier Studies, Roman military equipment
- Subject(s):
- Cavalry drill and tactics, Classical antiquities, Rome (Empire)
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Roman horse harness, cavalry, horse training
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/cyqx-wr10
- Abstract:
- A select group of 1st-century AD 'Totenmahl' tombstones shows Roman auxiliary cavalry horses being long-reined. These same stones also provide the main sculptural evidence for the use of saddle plates. This paper begins by examining one set of privately owned horse harness and then broadens its focus to consider the wider implications of long-reining amongst Roman cavalry.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Conference proceeding
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 10 months ago
- License:
- Attribution-ShareAlike
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