Warrior [15] Late Roman Cavalryman AD 236-565 by Simon MacDowall

Author:Simon MacDowall [MacDowall, Simon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781855325678
Amazon: 1855325675
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 1995-11-13T05:00:00+00:00

The Roman saddle through to the end 4th century was characterised by four horns reinforced with these bronze plates. The horns ensured the rider kept a firm seat, and were useful for attaching equipment. (National Museums of Scotland)

One unit of Clibanarii does not fit the contemporary descriptions of fully armoured lancers. This is the Equites Sagittarii Clibanarii, listed in the Notitia Dignitatum as part of the North African field army. This unit may have been modelled on Persian armoured horse archer units, which by the 6th century had become the standard Roman cavalry type, but we have no way of knowing if they rode armoured horses. Some modern authors have taken the evidence of this one unit to suggest that all clibanarii were armed with bows and were lighter equipped than cataphractarii but the fact that this unit is specifically designated as 'sagittarii' indicates that it was an anomaly rather than the norm. Furthermore, contemporary descriptions of Roman clibanarii or Persian-style cataphracts usually have them as lancers.

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