Cataphract, Clibanarii, whatever, against Infantry

[marka]

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?

no evidence that they did.British/egyptian chariots were too flimsy and the accounts repeatedly stress missile use,the heavier persian/seleucid/assyrian ones did no better.

the byzantine account has persian horses either pulling up short,throwing riders or weaving around the infantry formation,it also says the persians had difficulty using their bows.