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The Cataphract

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A cataphract was a form of armored heavy cavalryman fielded in ancient warfare throughout Eurasia and Northern Africa.
The English word derives from the Greek kataphraktos, literally meaning "armored" or "completely enclosed". Historically, the cataphract was a very heavily armored horseman, with both the rider and mount almost completely covered in scale armor, and typically wielding a kontos or lance as his primary weapon.
Peoples and states deploying cataphracts at some point in their history included: the Scythians, Sarmatians, Alans, Parthians, Achaemenids, Sakas, Armenians, Seleucids, Pergamenes, Kingdom of Pontus, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Sassanids, Romans, Goths, Byzantines, Georgians, Chinese, Koreans, Jurchens, and Mongols.
In Europe, the fashion for heavily armored Roman cavalry seems to have been a response to the Eastern campaigns of the Parthians and Sassanids in the region referred to as Asia Minor, as well as numerous defeats at the hands of Iranian cataphracts across the steppes of Eurasia, most notably in the Battle of Carrhae in upper Mesopotamia (53 BC).
In this recreation of the Byzantine-Arab war the Arab lines were destroyed by the Byzantine heavy charge of the Cataphrats, after first releasing repeated arrow volleys.
The Byzantine-Arab war lasted 420 years but ended 1071 AD when the Byzantine Empire, with the help of Western Crusaders, re-established its position in the Middle East as a major power.

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@jorgezamora4524 2 жыл бұрын

My main goal is to become a modern day Byzantine Cataphract and then act like I don't know nobody.

@TFx3090 2 жыл бұрын

Well that's an idea we both share for sure ^^

@fabriciomarinsandoval9806 2 жыл бұрын

Don Giorgio is that you??

@svetigejming2535 2 жыл бұрын

The air was filled with smoke and blood

@patrik6933 2 жыл бұрын

ha-ha-ha-ha-hah

@melih1429 2 жыл бұрын

seljuks horse archer : hold my arrow

@Shagthegoat 2 жыл бұрын

I have to say that using the Imperial Cataphracts from Mount and blade 2 was a great choice to show what they looked like

@davexorus9836 Жыл бұрын

Yes but agains batanian archers they had no chance

@GRAHAMICVS Жыл бұрын

@rehm402 and then they get curbstomped by the vlandians and then the invading nords and then become forest bandits

@ziggytheassassin5835 2 жыл бұрын

Cataphracts always just looked so cool to me. Like fuck it, give the horse a suit of armor aswell.

@Apple_Apporu 2 жыл бұрын

They also looked scary ashell to face against

@ramonserna8089 2 жыл бұрын

- Sen Tzu, probably

@Luke41461 2 жыл бұрын

Fuck it, we ball

@panchao2737 2 жыл бұрын

They look very great to me as well, but in hot eastern climate I might find it unbearably hot ! Remember the Persians called their heaviest cataphracts "clibanarii", which meant "cooked in the oven" !

@jakobnance5277 Жыл бұрын

Yeah not only they were great melee Calvary but also horse archers they were complete warriors for their time

@VHSMikey 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Came for the Bannerlord and stayed for the excellent narration.

@Militaryhistorydiscipline 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@rtwmoder 2 жыл бұрын

The Byzantine cavalry is derived from the Sassanid and Parthian armored cavalry

@auroraflos2498 2 жыл бұрын

nice I thought they looked similar

@orthodoxy6470 2 жыл бұрын

@rtwmoder 2 жыл бұрын

@@orthodoxy6470 hahaha 😂 ok

@auroraflos2498 2 жыл бұрын

@@orthodoxy6470 ‘no’ lol

@user-wo4fg2gr8k 2 жыл бұрын

@@auroraflos2498 Why?? Because you can not accept the truth ??

@persianimmortal6906 2 жыл бұрын

The first cataphracts made by Achaemenid king artaxerxes i Then Parthians Also Sassanid named them as shahaswar Pushtigban Aswaran And Gyan Aswaran

@abrarmurshed1363 2 жыл бұрын

Byzantine empire ended when Constantinople was captured. Arabs do fast paced cavalry based desert warfare using deep flanking maneuvers to surprise the enemy. They were light and fast. armours slow you down in the desert and it becomes very hot .You made a wonderful video no doubt. You do have the skills to grow big. So I would recommend you to research deeply about Byzantine Arab wars starting from the battle of Yarmouk to the fall of Constantinople.

@Militaryhistorydiscipline 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great feedback, I hope to improve the historical aspect and accuracy in the videos for every upload. And thank you for the kind words.

@TFx3090 2 жыл бұрын

@Carter Gil A recommendation for a video?

@realbasileus1986 2 жыл бұрын

@@Militaryhistorydiscipline There was nothing inaccurate about anything you said. The onslaught of heavily armoured professional cavalry formations were the pinnacle of military technology during their time. This was especially true in the East. Arab formations rarely stood up to their onslaught and could only hope to defeat them by the use of feigned retreats or through drawing the entire army into arid terrain and cutting supply lines. If a competent commander was present even these tactics would fail. Keep up the good work!

@egriz4461 2 жыл бұрын

@@realbasileus1986 arabs do have massive numbers of heavy cavarly and have also light cavarly spearmen and horse archers the Arabs spearmen were deadly as they raid in the fast Arabian horse while holding very large spear

@napolien1310 2 жыл бұрын

@@egriz4461 Arab horse Archers? Never heard of them in wars at the time of the 4 Caliphate maybe later but if you have info plz provide.

@Samo-rk2us 2 жыл бұрын

What a nice bonus against infantry the cataphracts have

@Truly1Tom 2 жыл бұрын

The Parthian Cataphract was the precursor to the Medieval Knight. A heavily armored cavalier riding a gigantic charger able to handle the weight of an armored warrior in chainmail carrying a lance, shield and sword. They were along with the famed Parthian horse archers 🏹 the type of army which the Romans weren't able to readily cope with. The Horse Archers at the Battle of Carrhae unleashed a storm of arrows upon the Roman legions of Marcus Licinius Crassus and they were constantly replenished by camel 🐫 caravans 🚐 of arrows 🏹. The Roman Cavalry was overwhelmed by the Cataphracts of the Parthian army. Marcus Licinius Crassus son Publius was in command of the Roman calvary and died with the rest of the Roman horse 🐎. His father died on the field later.

@Militaryhistorydiscipline 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the history snippet!

@duanesarjec6887 2 жыл бұрын

the allan was the first heavy horsemen

@Militaryhistorydiscipline 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have more information on the Allan heavy horsemen?

@duanesarjec6887 2 жыл бұрын

@@Militaryhistorydiscipline I saw some russians books impossible to read that the english hard for me in french I did nt found

@KCpahlavan 4 ай бұрын

@@duanesarjec6887 Allan is another way of saying Iranian. Allans were an Iranian people. Sythians, Persians, Alans, were very similar.

@agape_99 2 жыл бұрын

Footmen! Shield wall! Archers! Move! Cavalry! After me!

@neenster69 2 жыл бұрын

No quarter for the craven!

@viktorszenasi3664 2 жыл бұрын

Pikeman? Shield wall? What?

@agape_99 2 жыл бұрын

@@viktorszenasi3664 Footmen* ty Or lemme just go “Everyone! Charge! “

@frankus1594 Жыл бұрын

@@agape_99 F1 + F3

@arditehrani1186 2 жыл бұрын

The whole concept of cataphract comes from Iranians (Firstly Parthians continued by Persians). Then Romans and other Europeans adopted this concept. Even, small recurved bow is not a European bow. Europeans used long bow for a long time.

@arditehrani1186 2 жыл бұрын

@Kong King The structure of the first Persian (Achaemenids) cataphract and then the second Persian (Sassanids) were very different than the Assyrian's cataphracts. Besides, the Iranian were Assyrians' neighbor, and later they became a part of the Iranian country, such that the cultures and techniques were fully mixed. But, the Europeans want to gradually hijack anything belong to others and mark them under their own names. 😉

@sphere3704 2 жыл бұрын

@@arditehrani1186, there is no such thing as Assyrian cataphract; this dude is a troll, so he spreads bs. A cataphract was a form of armored heavy cavalryman that originated in Persia and was fielded in ancient warfare throughout Eurasia and Northern Africa.

@rtwmoder 2 жыл бұрын

Iranian tribes used Cataphract, not just Persians

@sphere3704 2 жыл бұрын

@Kong King hahaha nice troll en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataphract#:~:text=A%20cataphract%20was%20a%20form,throughout%20Eurasia%20and%20Northern%20Africa.&text=The%20adoption%20of%20cataphract%2Dlike,late%203rd%20and%204th%20centuries.

@sphere3704 2 жыл бұрын

@Kong King ye sure some random KZfaq video is your source imao. Keep up the troll kid.

@panchao2737 2 жыл бұрын

NICE BUT INACCURATE This short video is pleasant to watch, but gives a wrong idea of how cataphracts were used. - First, they are much too heavy to sustain speeds as shown here ; the horses would get blown quickly. In his military treatise, Byzantine emperor Nikephoros Phocas clearly states that they should move at a canter, in a very tight formation and never take part in pursuing the enemy. - Second, their heavy armor severly limits their vision and ability to turn and face an opponent not in front of them. They moved forward and charged in a wedge formation (if Byzantines) or in a straight line , very close to each other. Also, their flanks and rear need to be protected. The Byzantines had several light and heavy cavalry units all around them to cover them until they could smash into the opposing command (at the time, Byzantines, Arabs and Avars disbanded when their leader was killed). Armenians and Parthians who failed to do so got decimated with slingshots or attacked from the flanks or rear by the Romans and scattered ! -Third, the main weapon of the Byzantine Kataphractos was the mace ; the manual mentions some spears and even bows, but not lances. Still, non-byzantine cataphracts (Seleucid, Parthian, Roman, Sassanian, Bulgar, Mongol, Tibetan, Chinese ...) did use a one or two handed lance. I hope I didn't spoil anyone's fun, but I like accuracy.

@Militaryhistorydiscipline 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information! I will gradually put more and more attention on historical accuracy, but for now I am keeping it in light version :) It is a video for fun to spark interest in the cataphract. I might make a 2nd video about the Cataphract with more focus on the history and less on the battle effects later on.

@Dontolar 2 жыл бұрын

I don't remember where I read it (sorry) but the cataphracts did use lances, but because they didn't have stirrups they used them overhanded like spears and didn't use them until the moment of contact with the other formations. This is not to say that the mace wasn't the primary weapon, but also I'm sure some cataphracts used hammers swords ect

@guilhermecunha8085 2 жыл бұрын

Man, the game can't handle that many requirements. this troop would be useless within the gameplay. these camera takes are for illustrative purposes only.

@panchao2737 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dontolar Indeed, most cataphracts used lances, one or two handed, but not the Byzantines - for the most part. Byzantine Kataphraktoi are described in the Praecepta Militaria, a manual written by Emperor Nikephoros Phokas (allegedly) in the tenth century. They formed in a single unit of 384 or 504 men, twelve ranks deep, in a wedge formation. The first four ranks are armed with maces (sidirorabdia), swords (spathia) and sabers (parameria). They were called "Sidirorabdatoi" after their main weapon and carried neither lances nor spears. From the 5th rank onwards, the outer ranks mixed macemen and spearmen/lancers (kontaria could mean spear or lance), the inner files were achers (toxotai) and javelinmen (akontistai). The reason for maces is that they are the most efficient weapons against heavily armoured opponents, ie the ennemy leaders. In a standard formation, the kataphraktoi were protected by 500 light cavalrymen on the front and 9 units of 500 regular heavy cavalry (kaballarioi) on the flanks and rear. They charged no faster than a canter and remained in a tight formation. The Praecepta Militaria is difficult to find ; those who wish more details could try to find an article from "Slingshot" by Dimitris Kristodoulou. The article ("The nikephorian byzantines according to the manuals") dates back to the 80s, but the british review still exists, so it should be possible to get it. Other types of cataphracts are described in "Cataphracts" by Erich Anderson and "Roman Heavy cavalry" by Andrey Negin (Osprey). Good reading !

@panchao2737 2 жыл бұрын

@@Militaryhistorydiscipline Understood, I am looking forward to it. By the way, I read an article some 30 years ago, but I'm afraid I don't remember in which magazine and I can't find confirmation elsewhere. Still, it is worth being looked into if you should have the opportunity. The article said the last cataphract charge occured in the 20th century (1959?), when the Chinese invaded Tibet. The Tibetans still had a unit of cataphracts that charged the Chinese. They met with some success, as the Chinese burst into such uncontrollable laughter at the sight of those medieval knights, that they forgot to shoot at them ! That could make a nice video !

@response2u 2 жыл бұрын

It is interesting to see how everything Persian in origin gets appropriated and attributed to the Romans! Cataphracts were a Persian invention and remained a Persian invention during the Parthian and Sassanid eras.

@bryanjames7528 2 жыл бұрын

Video specifically states that the Romans adopted the cataphracts from the Sassinids after they encountered them.

@grimgoreironhide9985 2 жыл бұрын

Persians did not invent the Cataphract. It was adopted from Steppe people's. Even the Chinese had Cataphracts after fighting the Steppe tribes for so long.

@ryansmith8345 2 жыл бұрын

@@grimgoreironhide9985 nahhh the steppe nomads & barbarians didn't have even 1 small group of cataphracts let alone having cataphracts as their main armies !

@grimgoreironhide9985 2 жыл бұрын

@@ryansmith8345 Steppe Nomads were the first to domesticate and breed horses. They were the first to use horses for warfare. They were the first to create Cataphracts to counter Horse Archers. The nobility of the Steppe Tribes were the ones who were rich enough to outfit themselves and their horses in armor. There are plenty of historical books staying these facts. Who do you think the Romans hired en masse to form their Cataphracts Auxiliaries. It was the Steppe tribes such as the Sarmatians. The Steppe Tribes had plenty of Cataphracts.

@user-wo4fg2gr8k 2 жыл бұрын

@@grimgoreironhide9985 This is very ridiculous. Cataphracts were widely used in the Achaemenid period. Regarding There is no plain. The Romans did not know what a catapult was until they encountered the Parthians, although the Scythians were of Iranian descent.

@yesmam7958 2 жыл бұрын

the asmr voice with a smooth background music was soothing but sht hit the fan at 1:39 sht jumped scared me.

@eduard927 2 жыл бұрын

Matt Easton has passed on his hatred of the back lances to me

@mauricefrost8900 2 жыл бұрын

While war gaming many years ago I put a unit of Parthian cataphracts in against some British light chariots and got completely slaughtered by them So shocked by the experience that I went back to Napoleonics after that!

@hisholiness4537 2 жыл бұрын

I'm confused. Who slaughtered who?

@mauricefrost8820 2 жыл бұрын

@@hisholiness4537 Regrettably the cataphracts got slaughtered by the chariots; generated much laughter from my opponent!

@hisholiness4537 2 жыл бұрын

@@mauricefrost8820 lol 😂

@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512 Жыл бұрын

You don't know how to use them properly. In 9 out of 10 cases, the cataphracts should prevail over the chariots. Use alt+charge to switch over to melee weapons. Maces are anti-armour.

@mauricefrost8820 Жыл бұрын

@@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512 Thank you for the guidance which I am sure will be useful to some, but I think you missed the comment 'many years ago'. As in, metal 20mm hand-pained figures , pre-computers and mobile phones and not a screen in sight. What some of us call 'the good old days?' 🙂

@TheColombiano89 2 жыл бұрын

From the Persians came the cataphracts and the entire concept of knights and knighthood. Not Europe

@TFx3090 2 жыл бұрын

That's on point, but what they mean is that the European knight got the inspiration from the late roman empire, not the actual origin of the Cataphract.

@urseliusurgel4365 2 жыл бұрын

But the Persians adopted the cataphract from the Massagetae and Saka peoples of the Eurasian Steppes, so the origin is Turanian rather than Iranian.

@TheColombiano89 2 жыл бұрын

@@urseliusurgel4365 both of those groups that you named are Iranian. The Turks have not even left Mongolia by this time period.

@WalrusWinking 2 жыл бұрын

@@urseliusurgel4365 Based

@phillip_iv_planetking6354 2 жыл бұрын

Well there is evidence that the Iberians had their own version of cataphracts. And this is well before Rome was even an empire.

@viveliran7509 2 жыл бұрын

First Catatpharts were Parni Tribe of Iran not Byzantine Still Arabs call us (Fars فارس) which means Knight

@anunnaki_taliban 2 жыл бұрын

it's in the video already

@Lycurgus1982 8 ай бұрын

"Cataphract" could mean any amount of armor for horse or rider. If you are going to begin to talk about cataphracts you have to start in the east and more specifically steppe tribes' bodyguard. The Achaemenid Empire introduced the Nisaean heavy horse from Media which bred the most suitable in the empire for full armament. Arche Seleucia, most notably Antiocus III reasserted control over the eastern satrapies in 209BC and brought back to the west reforms in the army that saw the use of more armor on horsemen. The Romans tried to implement their own in the east, but had limited success using them.

@db.sarvestani6554 2 жыл бұрын

Iranian knights basically-the first of their kind which influenced European notions of cheverly

@uncleaungzayyafromburma985 2 жыл бұрын

truly remarkable is the war horse that carry everything and charges with great speed.I think they have gone extinct.

@etholus1000 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the Nisean became extinct with the conquest of Constantinople in 1204 sadly.. they were truly remarkable beasts

@luis.m.yrisson 2 жыл бұрын

A sacrifice for the algorithm. Nice channel.

@rafalongo7 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bannerlord for reviving the cataphract

@119winters5 3 жыл бұрын

Nice vid

@Militaryhistorydiscipline 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@blackerpanther3329 2 жыл бұрын

Byzantine empire ended years before 1453 when everyone in the western world lost interest in Byzantium

@jameskid1989 2 жыл бұрын

@Sebastian Anton The siege of Zara says otherwise. The crusaders were after coin and glory, nothing to do with dogmas and faith.

@jameskid1989 2 жыл бұрын

@Sebastian Anton I don't really agree but I get your point. Zara got sacked because it was a rival city of Venice and the Pope excommunicated the crusaders for that. Practically it's the same reason for Constantinople, just geopolitical and economic reasons behind the whole event.

@jameskid1989 2 жыл бұрын

@Sebastian Anton Yeah it the truth is somewhere between those two lines you mentioned I guess. Anyways it was nice talking to you my friend, hope you have a happy and productive new year in these dire times. Stay strong and take care of yourself.

@alexisleon3769 2 жыл бұрын

The Venetians and other Catholics of Europe stabbed in the back the Byzantine empire in 1204. Then the nomads from Mongolia conquered Constantinople in 1453. The CITY (POLI) lives in our hearts.

@user-cr4cj1fl8z 2 жыл бұрын

Politics fucked them more than any army or war did. In particular the religious politics.

@nikolaidarksun7894 2 жыл бұрын

I give this a like 👍 when are ancient ancestors raked havoc

@abisalpha 2 жыл бұрын

Got folded by Rashidun Light cavalry though, Perhaps good at charging into a line of heavy infantry from the Front, Not that great in prolonged Cav vs Cav combat, By the way this is not the only example, Mughal heavy cavalry got crushed by Maratha light cavalry way too Often

@mariano98ify 2 жыл бұрын

And history show us that heavy cavalry win vs nearly everything in hand to hand combat, even agaisnt superior numbers, that is why armies with few HC have to adapt their tactics agaisnt them and tire them before any direct engagement.

@olavtryggvason1194 2 жыл бұрын

The European knight was only a later form of a cataphract and who was in a special type of employment, serving a king or another high nobleman.

@sintardaharipratama8106 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video i love it so informative with total war animation🔥. Keep it up🔥

@guilhermecunha8085 2 жыл бұрын

Bannerlord, friend. Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord.

@TheSturgian Жыл бұрын

This isn't Total War lol. This is Bannerlord.

@KCpahlavan 4 ай бұрын

Iranians including Parthians and Persians were the inventors of the Cataphract. NOT the Romans or the Greeks. When Rome lost the entirety of their Legions when invading Persia in the battle of Carahe, that's when they realized that they need to adopt the Persian/Parthian methods. it took almost a century after that for Romans to completely adapt it in their military and through the Roman conquests of the northern and western Europe this originally Iranian concept was also introduced to them.

@theursidaepugilist 2 жыл бұрын

I really like this hope to see more.

@powerbar1981 2 жыл бұрын

Wow... Looks so cool being Elite Cataphracts . . . . Until Hand Cannon from Jannisaries mark the age of guns begin. -Age of Empires (Age of kings)-

@OshinAttari 2 жыл бұрын

First Cataphracts were Iranian People First Horse Archers Were Iranian People First Chemical Weapons Used By Iranian People First Biological Weapons Used By Iranian People Biggest Navy of the World Founded by Iranian People We Teach World How to Fight and stop Claiming everything as European

@mykhaylolosytskyy793 2 жыл бұрын

As far as I understand, byzantine cataphracts should attack slowly, in order to maintain formation.

@gotei1899 2 жыл бұрын

What game is this?

@eduard927 2 жыл бұрын

Bannerlord

@khoaanh9188 8 ай бұрын

2:43 like a historical painting

@Militaryhistorydiscipline 8 ай бұрын

More historical paintings incoming ;)

@MECH-MASTER 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@rossbach451 2 жыл бұрын

Might want to think about the voiceover here. Thought I was in an ASMR video.

@frankus1594 Жыл бұрын

F1 + F3 baby

@deathmaker909 2 жыл бұрын

Graphics are stunning but accurate history and tactics are very much lacking 😑

@Militaryhistorydiscipline 2 жыл бұрын

I will try to improve the history aspect and tactics for the next video set in Mongol territory :)

@Marci-Ana-GMM 2 жыл бұрын

I love catapracs.

@byzantinetales 2 жыл бұрын

I can't play bannerlord because i have no time! :(

@greatndit 2 жыл бұрын

just line some yari ashigaru , put then on yari wall . cheap and effective

@cruzaider5339 2 жыл бұрын

Wonder when the next one will arrive

@Militaryhistorydiscipline 2 жыл бұрын

If you are referring to the next video it should be up soon, setting is in Mongol Territory ;)

@cruzaider5339 2 жыл бұрын

@@Militaryhistorydiscipline What're you doing Steppe bro?

@isaacghanipour2099 2 жыл бұрын

amazing

@TheSturgian Жыл бұрын

Bannerlord cataphract 🥶🥶‼️🥶🥶🥶

@macaconuu 2 жыл бұрын

The game have any save to rewiew and film the battles?

@Aussieboiboi Жыл бұрын

Do u guys know how to get the armour? Cheers

@bobfiorentino3762 2 жыл бұрын

Music is much too loud!!

@souravdas4759 2 жыл бұрын

Is there is any courses regarding military history

@Militaryhistorydiscipline 2 жыл бұрын

This is what I would recommend other then plenty of great youtube content :) www.wondrium.com/catalogsearch/result/?search_param=all&catid=&q=military+history

@robplazzman6049 2 жыл бұрын

The good old ‘in FANT tree’ eh !

@serbianboss3294 2 жыл бұрын

Cool video

@knowkratom 2 жыл бұрын

I always counter with Heavy Camels maybe some pikemen.

@222cristobal 2 жыл бұрын

Friendly reminder to set speed to 1.5

@TheStohastis 2 жыл бұрын

Υπέροχο βίντεο

@drdre5030 2 жыл бұрын

Great warriors

@kyleterry5190 2 жыл бұрын

Cataphracts are the literal pay to win players nowadays, they just shower armoursmiths with money to make them the strongest and best armour possible, if they existed today their "squires" would be wearing gucci and armani

@StephanthePelted 2 жыл бұрын

Heraclius approves

@paulvmarks 2 жыл бұрын

And the Parthians got heavy armoured cavalry from the Seleucid (Greek) Empire.

@surenhn5002 Жыл бұрын

The Seleucids had no powerful cavalry

@paulvmarks Жыл бұрын

@@surenhn5002 Yes they did.

@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512 Жыл бұрын

No they didn't. In fact the Seleucids began arming their cataphracts according to the Parthian style. It's the other way around. When the Seleucids eventually adopted the cataphract from the Parthian, these were recruited from the viceroyalty of Media, which means they were drawn from Iranian pro-Seleucid nobility and their freemen.

@lastcataphract3609 2 жыл бұрын

Hellyeah

@user-kq2hr3kj3k 2 жыл бұрын

Nice...

@drdre5030 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@user-cr4cj1fl8z 2 жыл бұрын

You heard that Bannerlord give us the horse archer type Cataphracts. Yes we have the Bucelarii but lets just have the option to upgrade them where they have the heavy armor. They dont get lances only swords and bows but still it would rly fit and balance it out. Kuzaits get not only massive cav but their fucking horse archers are tanks. How come the Empire never got it right when history shows us they did.

@leostuhler7440 2 жыл бұрын

Mount & Blade 2 : Bannerlord

@nimanazari6725 Жыл бұрын

با احترام در زبان فارسی ما به آن ها شاهسواران یا گارد جاویدان گفته می شود

@Quranlife-mi8mq 2 жыл бұрын

Where is byzantine empire and Persian now 👀?

@Militaryhistorydiscipline 2 жыл бұрын

Persia is today the country of Iran and the center of Byzantium is now what is Turkey and Greece, if that's what you mean?

@Quranlife-mi8mq 2 жыл бұрын

Yes right cause this 2 Empires so strong you believe that Musulmans did it ...?

@Militaryhistorydiscipline 2 жыл бұрын

The fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The city fell on 29 May 1453, the culmination of a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April 1453. The fall of the Persian Empire was due to Alexander The Great I believe.

@user-cr4cj1fl8z 2 жыл бұрын

@@Quranlife-mi8mq Oh you are that type of troll. You know how many kingdoms and empires failed , you have no idea. By your logic why is there and country named Italy with city Rome when clearly the Roman empire failed at some point ? So many arabic or mongolian kingdoms fell that u cant rly go about yelling muslims have the perfect war score. I see what you are trying to say but it just flops on its head like a rotten fish since it hold no logic.

@Quranlife-mi8mq 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-cr4cj1fl8z take it ezz why you mad 🤭. Btw who said IAM arabic? I heard that Khalid Ibn Walid with20k soldier defeated 2 Empires that's a fact IAM not trolling

@persiangangbusinesses9838 Жыл бұрын

ایران من... اجداد من.. متاسفم که این روزها کسی برای تاریخ پرافتخارت فیلمی نساخته.. 💔

@drdre5030 2 жыл бұрын

Based

@_-Naz-_ 2 жыл бұрын

inFANNNtry formations lmao

@holysaintknight343 2 жыл бұрын

I decent from these guys Byzantines GG

@alirezazare464 Жыл бұрын

I wish I had fought alongside my ancestors in the Qadisiyah war and we would have defeated Islam

@eldeebcampeador 2 жыл бұрын

Lol and just pitting them against the lowest tier of Aserai infantry? Couldn't you try pitting them against the Aserai veteran infantry, Royal Mameluke Palace Guards, Aserai Vanguard Faris, Aserai Heavy Mameluke Cavalry and Aserai Master Archers and then take another look how this battle would turn out? Lol

@Militaryhistorydiscipline 2 жыл бұрын

It is a Cataphract showcase, not trying to make an even battle here. I might make a Mamluk showcase later on.

@user-cr4cj1fl8z 2 жыл бұрын

Its a simple video trying to put some history behind units in game. People getting but hurt over stupid shit. Even if he pitted Fians vs Master Archers you still wouldnt like it. KZfaq doesnt rly care how salty you get over a video.

@eldeebcampeador 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-cr4cj1fl8z And why the fuck are you salty about my comment then?