Cataphracti and Clibanarii: Studies on the Heavy Armoured Cavalry of the Ancient World (Studies on the History of the Ancient & Mediaeval Art of Warfare) (English and Polish Edition)

A fully documented study of the heavy armoured cavalry of the ancient world. The author reviews the ancient sources, discusses the tactics involved in the use of such cavalry, and then describes the arms and armour as used by the Parthians and Sassanians, the Seleucids, the Romans and Palmyrenes. An appendix considers also the Samaritan and Bosporan cavalry.