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Originally Posted by TheOneTrueClockWorK
...transportation would be mostly by horse and wagon, possibly carriage.
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Short-haul shipping would be by horse and wagon. Long-haul by ship and river barge. The Roman Empire had a vast network of river shipping.
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Originally Posted by RyanW
As an aside, film/television castles tend to be on vast, open moorland. Winterfell is a good example. Always leaves me wondering what the lord of the castle eats. |
A lot of castles in Europe are built on hills near a river, to control (and tax) river trade. Castles fed on the food produced on the nearby farm lands.
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Originally Posted by Phantasm
Also, anyone using Flying Carpet, flying brooms, or any kind of aerial cavalry (pegasi, hippogriffs, dragons, etc) would have an easier time getting above a castle's outer battlements than a purely ground-based force.
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It would all come down to cost. If a castle was cheaper to build than the cost of an assault force, the castles would be built. Creating and training even a small dragon force could be very expensive.