Oh, and yet again - there were no stirrups back in those times! When the line "One man on a horse is worth 10 men on foot" was delivered, I just cringed; cavalry was used mainly for scouting and as auxiliaries because it was difficult to fight from a horse until stirrups were invented, exceptions like Alexander's Companions notwithstanding. A man on a horse might have cost as much as 10 men afoot, but didn't fight as effectively as those same 10 men, which is why they were mostly an afterthought in ancient armies.
I know I shouldn't expect a show which is basically soft-core violent porn to be particularly historically accurate, but it annoys me nevertheless.
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