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Illustrations of Sassanid Persian Clibanarii
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Quote:Are there any texts where the same author uses both terms?
Yes.

Ammianus, 16.10.8: cataphracti equites (quos clibanarios dictitant), 'cataphracti equites (whom they call clibanarii)'.

Nazarius, Panegyric to Constantine (referring to Maxentius' heavy cavalry), 22.4: clibanariis in exercitu nomen est, 'in the army they are called clibanarii; 23.4: catafractos equites, in quibus maximum steterat pugnae robur, 'catafracti equites, where the greatest strength of the battleline lay'.
Michael King Macdona

And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
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Illustrations of Sassanid Persian Clibanarii - by Renatus - 11-18-2014, 10:49 AM

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