Bernd
01/30/2020 (Thu) 19:52:57
No.34380
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>>34379>short swordTrue. They know spata too, but I think that was the sword of the cavalry.
>Which allowed their formations more flexibleI'm not sure that was the reason.
>stirrup wasnt much usedYeah, first rigid (metal) stirrups were brought into Europe by the Avars. Textile/rope stirrups were used by steppe people for who knows how long, but I dunno their usefulness. In other cultures, I dunno.