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- lances which were used as weapons and the soldier armed with it were called Contarii and Contati (κοντόφοροι, meaning contus-bearers). Romans used this term...
- c****zmischen Ausgrabungen", Historia, 4: 264–283 Soria Molina, D. (2011) "Contarii, cataphracti y clibanarii. La caballería pesada del ejército romano, de...
- army. Based on Sarmatian and Parthian models, they were also known as contarii and clibanarii, although it is unclear whether these terms were interchangeable...
- end of an imperial campaign contariorum specialised regiment of lancers (contarii) from contus (a long lance) dromedariorum specialised regiment of camel-mounted...
- any other troop type of the Roman army. The Romans also used the terms contarii for lance-armed cavalry, and clibanarii for heavily armoured cavalry. It...
- army. Based on Sarmatian and Parthian models, they were also known as contarii and clibanarii, although it is unclear whether these terms were interchangeable...