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Cataphract, Clibanarii, whatever, against Infantry
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Quote:I know of battles where heavy horse (Not Cataphracts otherwise I wouldn't be asking :wink: ) charged home against solid infantry and won it depends if the cavalry are just as determind as the infantry

evidence from countless battles suggests that against determined organised infantry heavy horse rarely if ever suceeded.there is a fabulous account of battle between byzantine infantry and persian heavy horse which adequately illustrates what happens...the name of the battle escapes me at present.
the alllamanni routed julians cataphracts at strassbourg and his own infantry did well enough against persian clibanarii
can you name the battles where they did charge home against solid infantry
mark avons
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Re: Cataphract, Clibanarii, whatever, against Infantry - by marka - 09-10-2009, 06:12 PM

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