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Cataphract

A cataphract was a form of armoured heavy cavalry that originated in Central Asia and was fielded in ancient warfare throughout Eurasia and Northern Africa.

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Etymology

Iranian origins

Spread to Central Asia and the Near East

Hellenistic and Roman adoption

Cataphracts in East Asia

Appearance and equipment

Tactics and deployment

Later history and usage in the early Middle Ages

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Cataphract

Nodes305
Edges304
Triples321
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006557
Components1

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Cataphract

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related to Sources · 114
Cataphract → AD, Alejo Comneno, Ammianus, An Illustrated Encyclopedia, Ancient Civilisations, Ancient World, Another Look, Anthropology, Antigüedad, Antique Epoch, Aquila Legionis, Archeology, Ausgrabungen, Be, Berthold, Bivar, Book XXV, Brian, Catafractarii, Cataphracti
related to Iranian origins · 36
Cataphract → Although, Ancient Iranian, Ancient Near East, Ancient Persia, Ancient Persians, Ancient World, BC, Bronze-Age, Central Asia, Central Asian, Greater Iran, Greeks, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Iranian Empire, Iranian Plateau, Iranians, It, Kassites
related to Spread to Central Asia and the Near East · 32
Cataphract → Achaemenid Empire, Ancient Near East, Aral Sea, Aramaeans, Archaeological, Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrians, Babylonians, BC, Central Asia, Dahae, Even, Greater Iran, Iranian, Khwarezm, Massagetae, Mushki, Neo-Assyrian Empire, Nimrud
related to Cataphracts in East Asia · 29
Cataphract → According, BC, China, Chinese, Comprehensive, Donghai Armory, Gokturk Khaganate, Horses, It, James Legge, Jin, Kul-Tegin, Latter Göktürk, Northern, Numerous, Orkhon, Qin Dynasty, Shi Jing, Southern Dynasties, Sui Empire
related to Hellenistic and Roman adoption · 26
Cataphract → Achaemenid Empire, Alexander, Asia Minor, BC, Besides, East, First Persian, Great's, Greco-Persian Wars, Greece, Hellenistic, Kingdom, Pergamese, Pergamon, Persia, Persian, Seleucid, Seleucid Empire, Seleucid Kingdom, Seleucids
related to history · 22
Cataphract → Cataphractarii, Eastern Roman, Eastern Roman Empire, Emperor Leo VI's Sylloge, Empire's, Greek, Kataphraktoi, Late Latin, Martiobarbuli, Maurice, References, Roman, Roman Empire, Romanized, Some, Strategikon, Taktikon, The, Thematic, These
related to Appearance and equipment · 18
Cataphract → Ammianus Marcellinus, Apostate, Asia Minor, Cataphracts, Constantius II, Gaul, Greek, Julian, Less, Persia, Persian, Pholidotos, Roman, Roman Lorica, Sassanid, Scale, Specifically, Usually
related to Tactics and deployment · 14
Cataphract → BC, Carrhae, Fire, In, Kontos, Near East, Parthian, Roman, Romans, Testudo, The, The Parthian, This, While
related to External links · 12
Cataphract → AD, Ammianus Marcellinus, Cataphracts, Image, McMaster UniversityThird, Parthian, Parthian CataphractusThe, Roman, Sarmatian, Sasanid, Siegecraft, Trajan's
related to Etymology · 11
Cataphract → Ammianus Marcellinus, Classical Latin, Equites, Greek, Latin, Lucius Cornelius Sisenna, Republican, Roman, The, There, Vegetius

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cataphracts roman cavalry empire century horse bc persian armor heavy military greek army archers use used byzantine later charge force

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
the Massagetaeinstance ofnorth-eastern Iranian ethnic groups0.80text
Scythiansinstance ofnorth-eastern Iranian ethnic groups0.80text
Sakasinstance ofnorth-eastern Iranian ethnic groups0.80text
and Dahaeinstance ofnorth-eastern Iranian ethnic groups0.80text
rawhide may have existed as early as the Qin Dynasty according to archaeological discoveries of stone lamellar armor for horsesinstance ofComprehensive full-body armor for horses made of organic materials0.80text
a sword or maceinstance ofThere are also reliefs in Iran at Firuzabad showing Persian kings doing battle in a fashion not dissimilar to later depictions of jousts and mounted combat from the Medieval era…0.80text
for use in the melee that often followed a chargeinstance ofThere are also reliefs in Iran at Firuzabad showing Persian kings doing battle in a fashion not dissimilar to later depictions of jousts and mounted combat from the Medieval era…0.80text
Cataphractrelated to Appearance and equipmentAmmianus Marcellinus0.60section
Cataphractrelated to Appearance and equipmentRoman0.60section
Cataphractrelated to Appearance and equipmentPersian0.60section
Cataphractrelated to Appearance and equipmentAsia Minor0.60section
Cataphractrelated to Appearance and equipmentCataphracts0.60section

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