Quote Originally Posted by Gertrude
2) How horses were transported in boats ?
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.

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.