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How did the population of horses impact armies? Are there any cases in which a kingdom or empire was unable to field enough horses (or other animals like elephants during the punic wars) to keep the cavalry ranks full because the numbers were exhausted in war?

by /u/[deleted] in /r/AskHistorians

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