#catafratti

[thetendernessof]

[filipporox]

#catafratti. Letture importanti su #antigone. Che ci crediate o no, non scritte da @andreadipre

[watteobi-blog]

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[history-of-italy]

Artistic rendering of Equites cataphractarii, or simply cataphractarii for short, the heavily-armoured cavalry of the Imperial Roman army. Modelled on the cataphracts of Parthia, they were covered from neck-to-toe by lamellar (scale) armour (lorica squamata), and normally armed with a contus, a long lance held in both hands, although sometimes they carried bows instead. In addition, they were armed with swords. In some cases, their horses were covered in scale armour also. Cataphract cavalry was developed by the Roman army to counter Parthian formations of this kind on the eastern frontier and Sarmatian cataphracts in Pannonia.