09-28-2005, 02:45 PM
I would say that the Parthians preceded cataphract development of the Sarmatians, so the Massagetae may have been even before them. That said, it is very hard to establish the origin of cataphracts from finds alone, and hardly any ancient text (if at all) giving a good account of that development.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
