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cataphract::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | body armor, body armour, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour |
| Type of | armour, armor |
| Has types | ring mail, chain armor, chain armour, mail, chain mail, corselet, corslet, bulletproof vest, ring armor, cuirass, ring armour |
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A type of cataphract called a clibanarius also appears in the 4th century record.
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A stone-etched relief depicting a Parthian cataphract fighting against a lion.
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It is difficult to determine when exactly the cataphract saw his final day.
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Note the overlapping golden scales, which is typical of cataphract armor.
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This then made them fatally susceptible to a massed cataphract charge.
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It may have resembled the later manica armour used by Roman gladiators and cataphract cavalry.
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Yet it seems that the cataphract was eventually superseded by other types of armoured cavalry.
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The standard weapon of the cataphract was a xyston-like spear.
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However, a cataphract had no fixed political position or social role other than his military function.
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- Body armor: armor that protects the wearer's whole body
- A cataphract was a member of heavy cavalry units utilised in ancient warfare by the Parthians and Sarmatians, developed from earlier forms of cavalry used during the Neo-Assyrian and Achaemenid period. During Late Antiquity, cataphracts were part of the Sassanid as well as the Roman army.
- Defensive armor used for the entire body and often for the horse, also, especially the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations; A horseman covered with a cataphract; The armor or plate covering some fishes
- Technical term for heavily armed Eastern cavalry of the 3rd century BC.
