The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . rjv, rb fxirwirov de ctTraf eK /c€0aX^s dxp^ es pifas XevKbs fidXicTTaToCrojEXXTjyes (paXibf, pdp^apoi d^ /SaXof - Procopius, lie bello Persico, ii. 20: 7»ois de rriv Hepawv ^<po5ov lovariviavbs/3affiXei)s, TieXiffdpiov atdis iw aiiToiis iTrepLipev. 6 de Linrois toIs drjfiocyiois oxovixevoS,oOs 5?) §epidov% KaXelv vevoixiKaaiv, are ov (TTpdrevfxa ^iiv avT(^ ^X^^t raxfi iroXXy ^sEiKpparricriav dipiKero. Ill] AND HISTORIC TIMES 329 fourth century give us representations—probably more orless faithful—of the war-horses in use
The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . rjv, rb fxirwirov de ctTraf eK /c€0aX^s dxp^ es pifas XevKbs fidXicTTaToCrojEXXTjyes (paXibf, pdp^apoi d^ /SaXof - Procopius, lie bello Persico, ii. 20: 7»ois de rriv Hepawv ^<po5ov lovariviavbs/3affiXei)s, TieXiffdpiov atdis iw aiiToiis iTrepLipev. 6 de Linrois toIs drjfiocyiois oxovixevoS,oOs 5?) §epidov% KaXelv vevoixiKaaiv, are ov (TTpdrevfxa ^iiv avT(^ ^X^^t raxfi iroXXy ^sEiKpparricriav dipiKero. Ill] AND HISTORIC TIMES 329 fourth century give us representations—probably more orless faithful—of the war-horses in use when Vegetius waswriting. The passage of Procopius just cited shows that theGoths who marched on Rome in Justinians reign (527—565)were amply supplied with cavalry, their nobles apparently beingall mounted men. On the other hand the Franks and their kinsmen andneighbours, the Angli and the Werini, do not appear to havekept horses or taken to cavalry till a time much later than thepeoples of whom we have spoken. Indeed it will presently be. Fig. 92. Roman Contorniates; 4th century made clear that the Angles at the time of their settlement inBritain had no cavalry, and that their neighbours the Werini,when attacked b}^ an expeditionary force of Angles from Britain,did not employ any horsemen. It is highly probable that the Franks had not cavalry untilunder Clovis(481—511) they marched against the Thuringians,defeated and slew their king, and reduced the whole nationto subjection; and later on making war on the Burgundiansreduced them likewise, and treating them as captives of thespear compelled them thenceforth to serve with them in war,and took over all the territory which the Burgundians pre- 330 THE HORSES OF PREHISTORIC [CH. viously held, and rendered it subject to tribute*. When lateron the Franks invaded Italy, it is not improbable that theinconsiderable body of cavalry which accompanied them mayhave been furnished in part at least by the Thuringians andBur
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