ILLYRIANS

[Hoplitesmores]

This is often the case when cavalrymen carried shields, such as thureophoroi cavalrymen; the thureos was too long to be able to shift from one side to the other. However, I don't see why a cavalryman would not carry a shield at all simply because it only protected one side of the body- it still provided more protection than none at all.

I understand , even thought it wasn't very comfortable or even awkward one would still use it. :o