Comment on What animal could you take in a fight?
MalachaiConstant@lemmy.world 8 months agoWe’re still a lot better over distance, iirc, which is why we are able to ride them
Comment on What animal could you take in a fight?
MalachaiConstant@lemmy.world 8 months agoWe’re still a lot better over distance, iirc, which is why we are able to ride them
roguetrick@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah horse messengers were only really a thing when you could change horses at stations. That’s the whole point of the marathon. It’s based on the history of a foot messenger (at a time when we very much had domesticated horses).