Re: Stirrups

From: markmohrfield <markmohrfield_at_aAlmqNAa4_Ww-290C4aiVV-uyghw23-wvaRl6idui1CNgfvjEzdfiP_hEHsWIS>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:14:10 -0000

wrote:
>> Carmanians as cataphracti seems right. I find it hard to believe
that a
> people who knew of the stirrup would forget it. So by extension,
> Imperial Age westerners might not have had stirrups.
>

But which Cataphracti? The term was around for a long time, and I imagine the later ones did have the stirrup.

                                                      Mark Mohrfield