- Marcellinus,
Roman soldier and
historian of the
fourth century,
mentions the "
cataphracti equites (quos
clibanarios dictitant)" – the "cataphract
cavalry which...
- and
Byzantine military unit of
armored heavy cavalry.
Similar to the
cataphracti, the hor****
themselves and
their horses were
fully or
sometimes partially...
-
large force of
heavily armed Maxentian cavalry,
labeled clibanarii or
cataphracti in the
ancient sources. In the
ensuing battle Constantine spread his...
- {{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) Negin,
Andrei (2005). "
Cataphracti equites, quos
clibanarii dictitant".
Journal of
Roman Military Equipment...
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sagittarii (mounted archers). 15% were
heavily armoured shock charge cavalry:
cataphracti and
clibanarii The
limitanei garrisoned fortifications along the borders...
- Marcellinus: “...among
these were
scattered cavalry with cuir****es (
cataphracti equites), whom they call clibanarii, masked,
protected by
coverings of...
-
mounted archers (Latin: sagittarii) and
heavy shock cavalry (Latin:
cataphracti or clibanarii).
Infantry could be
armed with bows, slings,
throwing spears...
-
their own
cavalry element, in
particular by
increasing the
number of
cataphracti. The
supposedly higher status of
cavalry in the 4th
century is also open...
-
vexillationes of cavalry. As
regards cavalry, Ammi****
mentions only
cataphracti in his
account of the battle. But it is
virtually certain that they were...
- on
debris and
amphipod crustaceans. Berg, L. S. (1906) Übersicht der
Cataphracti (Fam. Cottidae,
Cottocomephoridae und Comephoridae) des Baikalsees. Zoologischer...
