• TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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    5 days ago

    Yes, but at this time only your very wealthiest members of the aristocracy would be able to afford one. That part of greece is too mountainous to easily breed and take care of horses, so they became more of a status symbol than anything. It’s one of the reasons why Macedonia was able to conquer the southern Greek states with relative ease.