66 THE HORSE IN HISTORY 



donius himself remarks that the cavalry of the 

 Iberians was trained to travel over mountains, 

 adding that these horses too would crouch when 

 told to, in order that their riders might mount or 

 dismount with greater ease. 



A method to which this cavalry sometimes had 

 recourse consisted in their mounting two men on 

 one animal. Then, in the heat of action, one 

 of the men would fight on foot, the other re- 

 maining by to defend him if hard pressed. The 

 same philosopher tells us that the horses of the 

 Parthians and Celtiberians "indeed were superior 

 to all other breeds in fleetness and endurance." 



