Cataphract, Clibanarii, whatever, against Infantry

[Ron Andrea]

Weather can make a big difference, though we must be careful to get the details right. An off-topic example: a reowned American historian (I'm thinking Stephen Ambrose) claimed a critical turn in the battle at Gettyburg on July 2, 1963, was influenced by gathering darkness at 7 PM. At Gettyburg's latitude the sun doesn't set until after 9 PM on July 2. He was wrong. (The critical turn happened as reported, but the gathering darkness had nothing to do with it.)

So, was it really raining? Or snowing?

Much earlier, someone reported that horses wouldn't charge straight into massed infantry (more than once :lol: ). If so, how did the ancients train chariot horses to charge infantry? Or did they?