Roman cataphract

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Cataphract officer, Late Roman Empire

The small pauldrons look fine to allow for mobility when fighting on foot, but then there's that lance rest for whatever reason, and a helmet so ugly it...

Preliminary concept art for Mount and Blade: Bannerlord. Eastern Roman (? Byzantine ?) Heavy Cavalry. A Cataphract (Later Became the Empire)

Unique among the territories of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, Britain succeeded in holding back and even reversing the tide of Germanic conquest for nearly two centuries. This was an…

Medieval Roman cataphract

Eastern Roman 10th century armor reproduction. The mural in Agios Nestorios church below was used as a model by Agios Nikolaos. From Byzantine Army Facebook The armor of Eastern Romans are unknown to the general public largely because there are no sufficient archaeological findings to allow an easy and immediate reconstruction of their original form. The armor of Orthodox Military Saints reflect precisely the power of the Eastern Roman Emperors, the invincibility of the army, the grandeur of…

Roman Cataphract late 3rd Century

The Heavy Horseman is an aristocrat from Tigran's II army. In the 1st century BC, cataphracts did not yet look like armored "tanks" from head to toe. But for its time, it was a very impressive force on the battlefield.