caldrail Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 You wouldn't say that if you were on the receiving end of a clibinarii charge. They were plenty heavy. Scale armour and long lance? Thats heavy cavalry. Not by late medieval standards perhaps, but this was still the ancient world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Wasnt this technique also used by the late period Auxillia Palatina (infantry)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScandinavianRoman Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 (edited) The Cataphracts were mostly recruited from the middle class. Their horses generally came from the East because the East had the faster stronger cavalry. The Eastern Roman Empire had the Cataphracts, while the Western Roman Empire depended on Samartians cavarly and some Palatina. Edited July 26, 2007 by ScandinavianRoman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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