01-12-2018, 03:09 PM
Heresy alarm: Did the Seleucids invent heavy cavalry aka cataphractii? It is after all with them that the term first appears. Conventional history assumes that they adopted it from the Parthians, or more generally Central Asian peoples, but AFAIK there is no pictorial or literary evidence for their existence with these. The only Asiatic, pre-Hellenistic evidence I am aware of are archaeological finds of (parts of) armour which naturally raise the question of how it was employed and by how many.
Stefan (Literary references to the discussed topics are always appreciated.)
