Re: Roman analogies

From: Svechin_at_...
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 07:15:45 -0000


Mikko
> Which reminds me. In the new writeups of the war machine of the
Empire,
> I saw no references to cataphracts in carmania. Instead there
seemed to
> be heavy cavalry, charging with spears and stirrups.
>
> Is this the offiscial line then? Too bad if it is, since I found
> (Nicks?) the idea of Persian style Cataphractoi for the Carmanians
to be
> immensely nifty.

The Carmanians are Knights, though in some cases they might fight like cataphractoi, expecially mid period Byzantine cataphractoi, but that is for special units. Mostly their Hazars are a feudal levy with stirrups and lance and fight like it.

Martin Laurie

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