Byzantine Weapons and Warfare

[hoplite14gr]

Osprey's Byzantine armies 886 - 1118 has th ast plate showing 2 Normans.
One is typical Norman knight another based on an Italian medieval chess piece shows lamelar armor. both are correct in my opinion.

The later Latinikoi were hired as they were so in my opinion the German and Hungatian knight in Pelagonia were typiacl of the knight of the era.
The Germans probably had barded horses which prompted John Paleologos to order the Cumans in Pelagonia to shoot horses indiscriminently, because most achean Frank horsed we unbarded

Ii is generally believed that Latinikoi had the typical knight^s gear of the era that they were recruited.

The Normans were a bit odd because chroniclers say that had the Byzantine clibanion over their mail armor.

Hope it helps.

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