Ok, ok, Flavia, I didn't mean to stir you up so! ;-)

I had no idea CJ *had* invented stirrups already. And why not? If Caesar had anything, he had great engineers, and if they could block a port, they could add two hanging shoes to a horse's saddle LOL

But since in the meantime I learned you know a lot more on the subject, let us, if you will, sit by the pool in my atrium and talk about it over a cup of Caecuban :-)