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I question whether a carnivorous race could even have a million man army. Carnivores need herbivores to live on, and a lot of them. A million man army would have at least 5-8 million dependents at h …

In the Middle Ages, Pilgrimages to Holy Sites were a big deal. There were travelers' aid stations and many were interested in helping poor pilgrims get where they are going. If they are willing to m …

You can certainly use a tube to pour liquids and soft foods into the stomach with trivial technology..like finding an animal intestine. The other issues only require cleanup and moving the body aroun …

Your empire can always do what England and France did on several occasions: hire Pirates to defend your Empire from Pirates. It worked out OK for France with the Normans (they became troublesome when …

Also, knowing the theory of how to design a large metal bridge is not a sufficient base for constructing a small wooden bridge over a rivulet with medieval carpentry tools. …

I'm not sure why you deride putting the spirit/brain of an animal into the robot as "handwavium". Given the limits of a magical world's tech, that would be the best way to do it! Whatever spirit moti …

The neo-Paganism that the feckless Emperor Julian the Apostate wanted to create was just about exactly what you want. He was trying to replace Christianity with a Pagan equivalent and wanted to creat …

The Ancient, not Medieval Roman Army supported 300000 in an empire of 30 million plus. Medieval states, being less organized, could not match this proportion. … What makes a Medieval state a Medieval state is that there is more or less zero organizational ability at the high level. …

The normal duties of a feudal lord were upward. He owed a certain amount of military service to the king when called on. The land and its rents and incomes he ruled were the means to pay for the men …

The real restriction on the range of an army is the horses. Imagine your army heading out into a place with no food. Every day you march, you need to put food in the wagon to feed the horses pulling …

The Persian "Royal Road" couriers could make 240 miles a day. Mounted couriers could travel 1677 miles (2699 km) in seven days; the journey from Susa to Sardis took ninety days on foot. The Greek …

According to historian Peter Heather, the force that leads to the weakening of central governments in feudal states of the Middle Ages is due to the limitations of the non-cash economy in these times. …

The Wizard would be better off casting the spell on a man-sized boulder, and then just letting it fall on the other army.

This was a case of tech lost due to wars rather than true medieval, but it has similar aspects you can learn from. …

Another alternative is to just have multiple cities built, and move the population to and fro in a convoy of tent-wagons. I'm not sure why a dragon can't just follow the moving city 10 miles, though. …