01-15-2007, 05:10 AM
By definition, a klibanophoros is someone who wears a klivanion. A kataphrakt is someone who is "completely armoured".
How these terms were used at the time, and whether they meant different things, or the same thing, or there was an overlap between them, is problematic.
The description by Procopius relates to the 6th century AD. Kataphraktoi fell out of use and were re-established at elast once - there's no reason to assume there was much in common between the kataphraktoi of the 6th century and those of the 10th (for example).
The Eastern Romans made a habit of using old terms to describe new things which were vaguely similar. There's no reason they shouldn't do the same with these terms.
How these terms were used at the time, and whether they meant different things, or the same thing, or there was an overlap between them, is problematic.
The description by Procopius relates to the 6th century AD. Kataphraktoi fell out of use and were re-established at elast once - there's no reason to assume there was much in common between the kataphraktoi of the 6th century and those of the 10th (for example).
The Eastern Romans made a habit of using old terms to describe new things which were vaguely similar. There's no reason they shouldn't do the same with these terms.
"It is safer and more advantageous to overcome the enemy by planning and generalship than by sheer force"
The Strategikon of Emperor Maurice
Steven Lowe
Australia
The Strategikon of Emperor Maurice
Steven Lowe
Australia
