Availability of Curepos in Britain vs. Native Cavalry

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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.

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