01-20-2018, 04:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-20-2018, 05:24 PM by Michael Kerr.)
Alanus wrote: We also have a brief description from all three authors on the battle between Tomyris and Cyrus in which 200,000 Persians perished
Erich Anderson wrote in his book Cataphracts that several scholars think that by the time of Cyrus's invasion the Massagetae and the Sargats of the Siberian forest steppe region (Although the Sargats were mostly native Finno-Ugric speakers they seem to have been led by a Saka aristocratic warrior caste so not surprised they became skilled in working of bronze and iron as they were from mineral rich regions ranging from the Urals to the Altai) had already embraced heavy armour for their heavy cavalry and he mentions how German archaeologist Hubertus Von Gall specifically argued that the armoured cavalry of the Massagetae gave them the edge over the imperial forces of Cyrus.
Erich Anderson wrote in his book Cataphracts that several scholars think that by the time of Cyrus's invasion the Massagetae and the Sargats of the Siberian forest steppe region (Although the Sargats were mostly native Finno-Ugric speakers they seem to have been led by a Saka aristocratic warrior caste so not surprised they became skilled in working of bronze and iron as they were from mineral rich regions ranging from the Urals to the Altai) had already embraced heavy armour for their heavy cavalry and he mentions how German archaeologist Hubertus Von Gall specifically argued that the armoured cavalry of the Massagetae gave them the edge over the imperial forces of Cyrus.
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Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
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