Cataphract

Editorial piece for university. Byzantine Cataphact

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Cataphract engagement

By the 7th and 8th centuries B.C., the role of the chariot in battle was gradually being replaced by cavalry units in the Near East. Some were armed lightly and were used to harass the enemy from afar with missiles or to pursue routing troops. Other types of cavalry units were heavily armed, and were used as shock troops to break enemy formations.

The small pauldrons look fine to allow for mobility when fighting on foot, but then there's that lance rest for whatever reason, and a helmet so ugly it...

The Byzantine Empire had its first golden age under the Justinian Dynasty, which began in 518 CE with the Accession of Justin I. Under the Justinian Dynasty, particularly the reign of Justinian I, the