Название: Roman Heavy Cavalry (2): AD 500–1450 (Osprey Elite 235)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2020
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 65
Размер: 20 Mb
Язык: English

In the twilight of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th-6th centuries, the elite of the field armies was the heavy armoured cavalry - the cataphracts, clad in lamellar, scale, mail and padded fabric armour. After the fall of the West, the Greek-speaking Eastern or Byzantine Empire survived for nearly a thousand years, and cavalry remained predominant in its armies, with the heaviest armoured regiments continuing to provide the ultimate shock-force in battle.