Byzantine cataphract

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The Heavy Horseman is an aristocrat from Tigran's II army. In the 1st century BC, cataphracts did not yet look like armored "tanks" from head to toe. But for its time, it was a very impressive force on the battlefield.

Editorial piece for university. Byzantine Cataphact

The small pauldrons look fine to allow for mobility when fighting on foot, but then there's that lance rest for whatever reason, and a helmet so ugly it...

Byzantine cataphract, 9th-10th cent. A.D. Eastern Roman Empire.

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Description Taller than the other guy, and maybe from a later period of the Empire, but a dedicated servant of the Roman Emperor none the less!

Medieval Roman cataphract

Description Ps cs3. About 12 hours. Byzantine heavy cavalry, 11th century. This type of elite heavy cavalry was named "cataphract"which means fully armoured, in a way.