>On the other hand proper cataphracts charge at the trot. They are not
>impact cavalry as such, but will ride up to the shieldwall and engage
>them with their long spears.
This is another of those debatable issues from ancient history. First you have to define "proper cataphracts" and then you argue over what the sources say and the practicalities bearing in mind that what a particular troop type did on one occassion doesn't mean that's what it always did.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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