Sub-Roman Britain (Cavalry etc)

[Agraes]

Also, and I might be wrong about this, don't Picts prefer to go into battle with minimal armour or even clothing? as far as I know the only Romanised parts of Pictish combat were the missile weapons like the crossbow. And what I found interesting is that the Saxons -who are supposed to cream the British cavalry- are so terrified that they will fight hand-to-hand that they run behind their Frankish cousins before the first set of javelins even made contact. Obviously they could fight hand-to-hand if they wanted to but were they feared enough to have superior infantry be terrified of a missile exchange? Also if they fought hand-to-hand would they prefer the sword or the spear?

We do not have firm evidence for Picts fighting armoured, but it's possible their elite had access to it. I don't think there was a lot of cultural difference between a briton noble from Gododdin and a pictish noble from Fibb or Fortriu.

The Saxons were continental saxons from Old Saxonia, sent by Louis the Germanic to help his brother. It is possible however they simply had not a strong will to fight.