08-01-2013, 07:20 AM
But has there been any documentation or description of hand-to-hand combat between 2 heavy calvary units?
While it is known that cavalrymen, especially in the late Roman/Byzantine period, had been trained to form "cavalry phalanxes", but was it most for the purpose for charging loosely-formed infantry, or confronting another cavlary phalanx?
Did a head-on confrontation between 2 cavlary phalanx ever happen or was it avoided at all cost?
While it is known that cavalrymen, especially in the late Roman/Byzantine period, had been trained to form "cavalry phalanxes", but was it most for the purpose for charging loosely-formed infantry, or confronting another cavlary phalanx?
Did a head-on confrontation between 2 cavlary phalanx ever happen or was it avoided at all cost?