05-21-2010, 08:58 PM
Quote:No need to. The source is dead-certain:Vortigern Studies:22yv3le1 Wrote:We do have evidence of an armoured cavalry unit (Equites catafractarii iuniores), but no evidence that their horses were armoured.I never realized there was evidence of the Equites catafractarii (in the north?) I've always treated this ala speculatively, since the only source I could find was Skene.(About as trustworthy as Mack the Knife.) :wink:
Notitia Dignitatum, under the command of the Comes Britanniarum, one of the 6 cavalry and 3 infantry regiments under his command.
Robert Vermaat
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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)