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The arms, equipment and impact of Late Roman Clibanarii
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Agreed. The sources seem to use the terms arbitrarily to refer to any kind of heavy cavalry, regardless of the exact equipment they used (as noted earlier, Livy uses it to describe unarmoured cavalry), rather than specific unit types with specific roles.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books
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The arms, equipment and impact of Late Roman Clibanarii - by Dan Howard - 03-03-2013, 02:16 AM

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