01-30-2010, 02:02 AM
Interesting disscussion but Gildas exaggerates too much. Interestingly enough it is recorded that a new unit of Scholae Scutariium Cataphractariiwas named the Equites Scutarii Aureliaci and was probably under the command of Ambrosius Aurelianus' father. It is never mentioned before AD420, meaning the men could still be veterans and train other men in AD460 when Ambrosius rose to power. Who said heavy cavalry didn't exist in Britannia at this time?
Note: Arthwys ap Mar's great-grandfather was the last Dux Britannium who commanded not only the Equites Cataphractarii inuores the Equites Talifalia but Linda Melcor's famous Sarmatians as well
hock: (For extensive reasearch on Arthwys read The Mammoth book of King Arthur by Mike Ashley) Also Arthwys was born AD465 and died in AD520, the exact dates for the historic King Arthur hock:
Note: Arthwys ap Mar's great-grandfather was the last Dux Britannium who commanded not only the Equites Cataphractarii inuores the Equites Talifalia but Linda Melcor's famous Sarmatians as well
hock: (For extensive reasearch on Arthwys read The Mammoth book of King Arthur by Mike Ashley) Also Arthwys was born AD465 and died in AD520, the exact dates for the historic King Arthur hock:
Nicholas
