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Different forms of Roman animal-drawn carts (lemmy.world)
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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

The last cart is drawn by oxes (unless it was a special horse breed with horns) and all of the sudden, I have the melody from the simple merchant in Asterix the Gaul stuck in my head.

Astérix : Marchand de Boeuf (YouTube)

[–] Uli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

Actually, I consider myself a bit of an expert in these matters, and I can assure you all of the carts were drawn by a human.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Oh, you're correct, I didn't catch that XD