Cataphract, Clibanarii, whatever, against Infantry

[recondicom]

Exactly. Discussing Almogavres in a general way had nothing to do with that. Or what Taifali asses relate to the original question: "how many battles do we know of where Cataphracts [..] fought solid infantry [..] and how did they perform".

Do tell though what source informed you about the size of Taifali asses.

Archeological puts the oldest Equus asinus in Syria 9000 BC. Also Nile river; Somalia, Ethiopia. The African version is 1.10 to 1.22m and the somalian 1.25 to 1.30. This must be the same size as the original Danubian horse. Herodotus describes the Sigynnae (north of the Danube) as having horses incapable of carrying men and were used for chariots. In Northern Eritrea, Groves originates the E.A. Taeniopus to speculate on a wide mixing of Ass and having more than 1.30m