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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 days agoYou can easily double the speed. Not so much by riding it much faster, but because it can carry all your stuff and you can keep going longer. Suddenly you can haul several days of food with you, and some basic travel supplies so you don’t have to sleep completely rough.
minus-squareRusty@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoIt would be even faster if a horse is also mad at that guy.
minus-squareEq0@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansio Apparently 200 miles in 24h at top speed (if you are the emperor)
what if you have a horsie?
You can easily double the speed.
Not so much by riding it much faster, but because it can carry all your stuff and you can keep going longer. Suddenly you can haul several days of food with you, and some basic travel supplies so you don’t have to sleep completely rough.
It would be even faster if a horse is also mad at that guy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansio
Apparently 200 miles in 24h at top speed (if you are the emperor)