Roman Heavy Cavalry Fighting Techniques

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At the Battle of Strasburg we have the account from Ammianus where one of the clibanarii riders was crushed by the weight of either his armour, or that of his horse, or perhaps both.

Clibanarii would have found it difficult to engage normal cavalry and light horse as they would have been unable to out-run them, the normal cavalry and light horse then waiting for the clibanarii to become tired out and then surround and cut them to pieces.

The description by Vegetius implies that its the weight of the armour that makes them vulnerable to capture. There are other references to the weight of the rider and horses armour in the thread about Late Roman clibanarii I put up.