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>fact that horses of the time were smaller, not having yet been bred up to the size needed for rideability in battle This is just wrong as can be seen in carvi
by treis 4y ago
>fact that horses of the time were smaller, not having yet been bred up to the size needed for rideability in battle
This is just wrong as can be seen in carvings from the time. The horses pulling the chariots are clearly big enough to ride.
Chariots were a thing because a workable saddle & stirrups hadn't been invented. Once they were it was the end of the chariot.
- btilly 4y agoInteresting. https://www.fellponymuseum.org.uk/fells/rom_dark/size.htm https://www.fellponymuseum.org.uk/fells/rom_dark/size.htm suggests that horses really WERE shorter. But so were people. And even so, riders were drawn a lot bigger relative to their horses than they are today. Which bones back up. It is not clear to me how the two trade off back in the days of chariots.
- treis 4y agoHorses definitely got much bigger but they've been big enough to ride since they were domesticated. The small Mongolian pony is still 5-600 pounds. Plenty big enough to carry ~200 pounds of people + arms.