Sarmatian Cavalry

[Alanus]

Alanus,

I'm aiming for a cavalry persona, but I also want to be able to switch to infantry or archer. I love it all.

I might be starting on the thigh dagger, they are wicked side arms, yours that you posted is really nice btw. I haven't been able to find any close repro's for a helmet so far. My dad and I are going to build a bow as soon as I order a horn, I'm going to use a water buffalo horm for the arms.

An Alanic Sarmatian cavalryman was well equipped-- contus, sword, akinakes, and bow. The Iazyage horsemen used the contus less and they were less armored. At the moment, no manufacturer is making an eastern Sarmatian helmet, such as those pictured on Trajan's column and in the book by Brzinski & Mielczarek. They are spangelhelms, perhaps originated by the Roxolani or Alans major, and pre-Germanic. The akinakes (minus the holster) is exactly duplicated by the "Medeival Dagger" sold online by Museum Replicas Limited, but not in their printed catalog.

At the moment, putting something Sarmatian together is really fudging it.