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Cataphract
Cataphract Cat"a*phract, n. [L. cataphractes, Gr. ?, fr. ?
covered, fr. ? to cover; kata` down, wholly + ? to inclose.]
1. (Mil. Antiq.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and
often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale
armor of some eastern nations.
2. A horseman covered with a cataphract.
Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears.
--Milton.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The armor or plate covering some fishes.
Meaning of Cataphract from wikipedia
- A
cataphract was a form of
armoured heavy cavalry that
originated in
Persia and was
fielded in
ancient warfare throughout Eurasia and
Northern Africa....
-
believed to be the
originator of the
class of
heavy cavalry known as
cataphract.
During the time of
Achaemenid Persia cavalry was the
elite arm of service...
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categorize them as
cataphracts (fully armored, a type of
cavalry not to be
confused with the Seleucid,
Parthian or
Byzantine cataphracts) and
aphracts (unarmored)...
- The
Issyk Golden Cataphract Warrior, is a suit of
armor consisting of
thousands of gold
pieces found by
chance in 1969
during the
construction of a garage...
- the
Great in the 4th
century BCE it
likely made its way -
along with
cataphract technology - into
European military practices via the
Seleucid Empire...
- kataphraktos,
meaning "covered over" or "completely covered" (see
Cataphract).
Heavily armoured cataphract cavalry,
usually armed with a long
lance (contus), were...
- the
desert and
decisively defeated by a
mixed cavalry army of
heavy cataphracts and
light horse archers led by the
Parthian general Surena. On such flat...
-
fought with
javelins and the
machaira sword. The use of
heavily armored cataphracts and also
horse archers was
adopted by the Seleucids, Greco-Bactrians...
- pre-eminence of
cavalry on the
Parthian model,
including both
heavy cataphracts and horse-archers. Four main arms of the
service were recognized, each...
- were an
elite late
Parthian and
Sasanian division who
fought as
heavy cataphract cavalry.
According to
Roman sources, the
Grivpanvar had the
ability to...
