Quote Originally Posted by Aeson View Post
I don't know to what extent you care, but, at least according to Wikipedia, the stirrup did not appear until the 4th century CE and did not reach Europe until the 6th or 7th century, and even stirrup-like features are only known to have appeared in the 2nd century BCE.
I'm pushing that one back to that very earliest date, because I like the idea of writing the contrast / transition between chariots and mounted fighters.