Quote Originally Posted by Foot View Post
Re-reading it, it may mean that they used spears from horseback (which makes sense). The translation appears to give a level of disbelief:

http://vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk/4DLi...splayEnglish=1

They are well worth reading, btw.

EDIT: It might be noted that this evidence, if taken singly suggests that british cavalry were numerous but did not fight with javelin and sword.

Foot
seconded - a fantastic resource to take a look at, especially as a frontier document. :)