Science Hypothetical: Get your time travel assignment here. - Page 8

**Rain Man** · 06-12-2017, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by patteeu

My assignment is 496 AD.

I initially considered going to North Africa to observe the transition from Gunthamund to his brother Thrasamund in the Vandal Kingdom, but who wants to spend a year in North Africa.

Instead, I'll go to Italy and see how things are going for Theodoric the Great a few years after he unified the place and took charge over the Romans and the Goths who lived there.

Good choice. That would have been an interesting time period as the post-Roman era shook out.

You should mind your manners at dinner, apparently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoderic_the_Great

In 488, Emperor Zeno ordered Theoderic to overthrow the German Foederatus Odoacer, who had likewise been made patrician and even King of Italy, but who had since betrayed Zeno, supporting the rebellious Leontius. After a victorious three-year war, Theoderic killed Odoacer with his own hands while they shared a meal, settled his 200,000 to 250,000 people in Italy, and founded an Ostrogothic Kingdom based in Ravenna.[4]

FlintHillsChiefs · 06-12-2017, 01:18 PM

I did some google-fu on why the gap between the invention of the saddle and the stirrup was so long.

Here is the answer I found from r/askhistorians -

You need a certain saddle design to make a stirrup work. It needs to have a tree (a firm wooden frame like this) for the stirrups to anchor to, otherwise every time you put weight in one stirrup, the saddle will slip like this. The lack of a tree also creates abnormal pressure points on the horse's back, which will be greatly worsened by the stirrups. That will cause the horse back pain, which leads to an ornery horse that's apt to buck you off (or worse, become crippled).
Most early saddles served only to make riding more comfortable for the rider, so they were treeless. The first saddles to have trees were the Roman saddles that Agrippa911 linked to (those saddles could easily have stirrups attached; it wasn't too long after the invention of those saddles that stirrups came into use).
I should note that nowadays we have treeless saddles that do not cause pressure points on the horse's back and and can have stirrups attached, but they were developed very carefully by vets to avoid putting too much pressure on any one point in the horse's back. They also use elastic to create a tighter girth, preventing saddle slippage.

Picture of a saddle tree:

Kman34 · 06-12-2017, 01:37 PM

I'm in.. I hope the Flux Capacitor doesn't break...

**Rain Man** · 06-12-2017, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Kman34

I'm in.. I hope the Flux Capacitor doesn't break...

I'm showing your landing spot as 85 BC. Rome really seems to dominate the news in this period.

threebag · 06-12-2017, 01:43 PM

**Rain Man** · 06-12-2017, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by threebag02

In

251 AD. I don't think we have that century covered yet, so I look forward to what you find. I know nothing about it.

Uh-oh. Stay out of crowded places: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Cyprian

**Rain Man** · 06-12-2017, 01:54 PM

I ran it for myself and I'll be doing a lot of camping. I got 32832 BC.

Hmm.

At some point in this time someone will actually make art depicting a human for the first time, so that's cool. And while we don't yet have domesticated dogs, the concept may be fermenting in the minds of my peers. For the most part, though, my tribe and I are ruggedly independent. We may or may not have invented musical instruments at this point, so none of these people have heard any Springsteen songs.

Like amnorix, I'm living in the ice age, but I'm in the earlier part of it. Maybe not the peak of the ice age, but we weren't really expecting it so it was hard in that sense.

Cold or not, I might check out these people in northwest Europe. It sounds like they must've had some serious game with the ladies: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...years-ago.html

Coochie liquor · 06-12-2017, 03:18 PM

I'm late to the party, but I'm in!!

**Rain Man** · 06-12-2017, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Coochie liquor

I'm late to the party, but I'm in!!

You get the year 1826, which was a happening year. I hope you'll take a couple of days out to visit Jefferson and Adams before they pass away. It would be nice to hear what they think about the 50th anniversary of the revolution.

IowaHawkeyeChief · 06-12-2017, 03:40 PM

I'm in

**Rain Man** · 06-12-2017, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

I'm in

1623 AD. You have a lot of fun prospects for your location. Early American colony? Rennaissance-era Italy? Help out with that Mayan thing? This seems like a rich time for time travel.

stumppy · 06-12-2017, 04:01 PM

Warm up the TARDIS I'm ready to go.

**Rain Man** · 06-12-2017, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by stumppy

Warm up the TARDIS I'm ready to go.

773 AD. What a time to be alive! You've got ... well, dark ages and stuff.

Do me a favor and keep an eye for this: https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv...t-f20bbd922547

ThaVirus · 06-12-2017, 05:55 PM

Wher-err, when am I going, Rain Man?

Rasputin · 06-12-2017, 06:17 PM

Reporting 1331: things aren't so bad. Sex seems abundant and no one seems concerned about trash or rats anything at all that caries disease pretty care free both a good and bad thing. The plague has yet to take hold of nations they should be warned of their immoralities but I don't think it's my place in my assignment.

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FlintHillsChiefs Starter Join Date: Jan 2014 Casino cash: $10005639	I did some google-fu on why the gap between the invention of the saddle and the stirrup was so long. Here is the answer I found from r/askhistorians - You need a certain saddle design to make a stirrup work. It needs to have a tree (a firm wooden frame like this) for the stirrups to anchor to, otherwise every time you put weight in one stirrup, the saddle will slip like this. The lack of a tree also creates abnormal pressure points on the horse's back, which will be greatly worsened by the stirrups. That will cause the horse back pain, which leads to an ornery horse that's apt to buck you off (or worse, become crippled). Most early saddles served only to make riding more comfortable for the rider, so they were treeless. The first saddles to have trees were the Roman saddles that Agrippa911 linked to (those saddles could easily have stirrups attached; it wasn't too long after the invention of those saddles that stirrups came into use). I should note that nowadays we have treeless saddles that do not cause pressure points on the horse's back and and can have stirrups attached, but they were developed very carefully by vets to avoid putting too much pressure on any one point in the horse's back. They also use elastic to create a tighter girth, preventing saddle slippage. Picture of a saddle tree:
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Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3078491 VARSITY	I ran it for myself and I'll be doing a lot of camping. I got 32832 BC. Hmm. At some point in this time someone will actually make art depicting a human for the first time, so that's cool. And while we don't yet have domesticated dogs, the concept may be fermenting in the minds of my peers. For the most part, though, my tribe and I are ruggedly independent. We may or may not have invented musical instruments at this point, so none of these people have heard any Springsteen songs. Like amnorix, I'm living in the ice age, but I'm in the earlier part of it. Maybe not the peak of the ice age, but we weren't really expecting it so it was hard in that sense. Cold or not, I might check out these people in northwest Europe. It sounds like they must've had some serious game with the ladies: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...years-ago.html __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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