A good question: On a big sailship, like those that were in use outside the Mediterranian from the late Middleages onward, they were stored underdeck. On a galley, I think, it is impossible in larger numbers because of the rows under deck. But on deck there was also hardly much room for big animals in larger numbers.Originally Posted by Gertrude
The question would be: Were there shipped around a lot at all? For example in the Colonial Periode the British army did ship full cavalry regiments aboard without horses, trying to buy them on the theatre. So I think horses and Elephants had been shipped in Ancient times (somehow Hannibals Elephants must have came to Spain) but only in small numbers; probably on deck in makeshift boxes.
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