• athos77@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    That seems like it would be hard for horses? If it’s a single horse pulling, then they constantly have to step over the middle stepping stone. And if it’s a team, they’re constantly having to avoid stepping into the wagon ruts.

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      1 year ago

      Most roman carriages and wagons were carried by teams of two, which pretty much eliminates this problem.

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        1 year ago

        It eliminates the issue of the center stone. But if it’s a team, then each horse has a small gutter running right underfoot, with especially limited hoof-space next to the stepping stones. While trodding on stones that are under water/sewage, and slippery with all that. How do they avoid twisting their hock in the wheel ruts?

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          It’s really not that narrow, horses have four legs, and they’re designed for worse from nature’s side. They didn’t evolve for flat concrete roads.