Shaving with stone razors was technologically possible from Neolithic times, but the oldest portrait showing a shaved man with a moustache is an ancient Iranian ( Scythian ) horseman from 300 BCE.

Though the Greeks interpreted Phrygian Sabazios with both Zeus and Dionysus, representations of him, even into Roman times, show him always on horseback, as a nomadic horseman god, wielding his characteristic staff of power.

It is believed that the Vytis may represent Perkūnas as supreme god or Kovas who was also a war god and has been depicted as a horseman since ancient times.

Although the Greeks associated Sabazios with Zeus, representations of him, even at Roman times, show him as a horseman god.

Later, in medieval times " Azatavrear " cavalry or Armenian heavy cavalry was collected from nobles ( youngest sons of Armenian lords ) and was known as AYRUDZI ( man and horse, horseman ).

Examples include the Achaemenid battle standard Derafsh Kaviani, and the standards of the Roman legions such as the eagle of Augustus Caesar's Xth legion, or the dragon standard of the Sarmatians ; the latter was let fly freely in the wind, carried by a horseman, but judging from depictions it was more similar to an elongated dragon kite than to a simple flag.

Equestrianism ( from Latin equester, equestr -, horseman, horse ) more often known as riding, horseback riding ( American English ) or horse riding ( British English ) refers to the skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses.

Contrary to common modern belief, however, stirrups actually did not enable the horseman to use a lance more effectively ( cataphracts had used lances since antiquity ), though the cantled saddle did.

While Tolkien wrote that the Orcs were already demoralized before Gandalf arrived, the film encounter is somewhat more dramatic with the Orcs forming up an organized sheltron against the charging Rohirrim horseman but at last minute the Orcs ' line falters after they are dazzled by sunlight.

The more wealthy knights provided a lances fournies unit ( known in Poland as kopia ), and the less prosperous ones served as a light horseman or even infantryman.

In short, Vampire Counts rely more on combat and attrition tactics more than Tomb Kings, whereas the latter rely more on the spells of the liche priests and strong blocks of elite undead ( Tomb Kings can field entire armies of heavy skeletal horseman and light chariots without a single foot-soldier in sight ).

The carbine was considered a more appropriate firearm for a horseman than a full-length musket, since it was lighter and easier to handle while on horseback.

Therefore, the horseman depicted on the tombstone at Chester could be a Dacian cavalryman, belonging to the cohors Aelia Dacorum ( or more precisely to a vexillatio of that cohort ).

The more noted and recognizable headless horseman of today imitates the one that appears in Washington Irving's short story, which was published in 1819.

By the age of twenty, he was not only fluent in, but could discourse in ( both prose and verse ) no fewer than twelve languages, as well as being an accomplished horseman, fencer, singer, musician, orator and debater.

In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's National army ( until the 1775 AD reforms ) towarzysz was usually a noble who served for a period of time ( usually less than 5 years ) in the Army as a horseman with his mounted retainers ( cavalry ) and free servants ( hussars, cossack – pancerny, petyhorcy, haiduk ), or with none or one retainer and very few free servants ( light cavalry e. g. Wallachian, lisowczyk, Tatar ), organized into banners / companies ( chorągiew ).

He considered himself as better horseman and swordsman than everybody else and was said to be “ a man for high adventure and reckless deeds .” Lasalle was generous enough not attack the man, but contented himself with parrying.

It was in proving his worth as a horseman that he first caught the eye of Sir Thomas ’ s wife, Lady Booby, who employed him ( now seventeen ) as her footman.

A soldier in the cavalry is known by a number of designations such as cavalryman, horseman or trooper.

Parthian horseman, now on display at the Palazzo Madama, Turin.

This is closely related to the increase in the size of armies throughout the early modern period ; heavily armored cavalrymen were expensive to raise and maintain and it took years to replace a skilled horseman or a trained horse, while arquebusiers and later musketeers could be trained and kept in the field at much lower cost, and were much easier to replace.

* Gerald O ' Hara: Scarlett's Irish father and an excellent horseman, Gerald is sometimes seen leaping fences on his horse while intoxicated, which eventually leads to his death.

Sharif's character, an expert horseman, played the Afghan national sport of buzkashi.

* John R. Walker ( horseman ), Canadian Hall of Fame horse trainer

An Equestrian ( Latin, from eques " horseman ", from equus " horse ") was a member of the second highest social class in the Roman Republic and early Roman Empire.

In the Early Medieval period any well-equipped horseman could be described as a ' knight ,' or miles in Latin.

In his youth, according to stories, Alberti could — with his feet together — jump over a man's head, he was a superb horseman, and he " learned music without a master, and yet his compositions were admired by professional judges.

File: KhitanHorseman. jpg | Khitan horseman

Alexander the Great combined both methods in his clashes with swarming Asiatic horseman, screening the central infantry core with slingers, archers and javelin men, before unleashing his cavalry to see off attackers.

Plato the philosopher mentions Cleophantus as a most excellent horseman, but otherwise insignificant person.

He is entreated by his friends to leave the city, and goes away to Chiassi, where he sees a female ghost cursed to be hunted down and killed by a horseman and devoured by a pack of hounds every week.

He finds out that the cursed horseman was in a similar situation to his own, and committed suicide while the woman died afterwards unrepentant for her role in his death.

Trained under Prussian horse master, Herschberger, Grant established a reputation as a fearless and expert horseman, setting an equestrian high-jump record that lasted almost 25 years.

Geoffrey Martel described him as without equal as a fighter and as a horseman.

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, in his 1916 novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ( filmed in 1921 and in 1962 ), provides an early example of this interpretation, writing " The horseman on the white horse was clad in a showy and barbarous attire.

" The City of Brass " features a group of travellers on an archaeological expedition across the Sahara to find an ancient lost city and attempt to recover a brass vessel that Solomon once used to trap a jinn, and, along the way, encounter a mummified queen, petrified inhabitants, lifelike humanoid robots and automata, seductive marionettes dancing without strings, and a brass horseman robot who directs the party towards the ancient city, which has now become a ghost town.

Basil was a brave soldier and a superb horseman ; he was to prove himself a strong ruler and an able general.

He was a superb horseman.

Western Knight fighting against an Arabian horseman.

It suited him, as he was an excellent horseman and showed great professional interest in royal transport and accommodation, horse breeding, and the supply of horses for all occasions.

He gained fame as an excellent horseman, fighter, and tactician, but was notorious for his brutality.