One reason was that horses hadn't been bred large enough to carry armored men for quite some time.
@thodan4673 ай бұрын
ask the parthians they had ctaphracts at carrhae i believe
@RexGalilae2 жыл бұрын
They went from depending on Germanic tribes for their superior cavalry to completely outclassing them in a couple of centuries. Even the Germanics came to fear the Roman cataphracts
@Tirajis2 жыл бұрын
The late Roman cataphracts were direct copies of their iranic enemies - parthian,sasanian, sarmatians etc. They had no reason to develop heavy cavalry of their own because there was no comparable heavy cavalry in europe.
@johnevans5782 Жыл бұрын
It is also important to note that, while the Western Empire "fell' in 476 AD, The Eastern Empire lasted until the 15th Century. In the 5th-6th centuries, the stirrup was introduced to Europe from China... Thus the later Imperial cavalry had saddles with stirrups which were a major improvement over their predecessors.
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@ChocorocK2 жыл бұрын
I think it stemmed mostly from the Republican era Equites. But i wouldn't call them weak. In the republican era it was quite the small unit and given the competition that they had they do indeed look lackluster. Numidians, Gallic, Germanic, Macedonian, Parthian etc. they faced and fought them all and the results weren't lopsided as one would expect. They're not best, but they were no slouch either.
@elcaponeholyemperorofnj11692 жыл бұрын
There’s also The Byzantine Empire, the direct successor to the Roman Empire
@MrElmi2 жыл бұрын
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@ethancash88702 жыл бұрын
Through out its history Romes Calvary was never weak
@annedirkvanderweerd84442 жыл бұрын
Indeed but they're counterparts made them look weak.
@ethancash88702 жыл бұрын
True but in the Roman world it was renowned for these reasons 1. Cavalry helped start the Republic 2. Roman cavalry was known as elite able to defeat larger cavalry forces 3. The reforms of Gaius Marius led to him using auxiliary cavalry like for example: Numidian, Armenian, Gallic, and Germanic etc 4. Just take one look at the reigns of emperors Gallianius Claudius Gothicus and Aurelian shows how good Roman Calvary was
@annedirkvanderweerd84442 жыл бұрын
@@ethancash8870 indeed the later the roman Empire the stronger the cav look at the cathapractoi they were elite of elite but scarce in number
@RandomGuy-df1oy2 жыл бұрын
It was weak originally, they used auxillary cavalry like numidian, celtic and germanic, then copied heavy cav and horse archers from the persians.
@1987MartinT Жыл бұрын
The Romans were able to make up for their initially weak cavalry by using allied, mercenary, and auxiliary cavalry from peoples with a more equestrian culture.
@theromanorder2 жыл бұрын
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@markrowland13662 жыл бұрын
The Roman army stopped when Constantinople fell. It was then some two thousand two hundred years in existence.
@thutch76222 жыл бұрын
What a bout Scipios Numidian cavalry
@bigchungus37192 жыл бұрын
They just haven't discovered stirrups yet. That's the most easy and accurate answer.
@Fatherofheroesandheroines Жыл бұрын
Weak no. Underused...yes.
@lordgrimm29052 жыл бұрын
The use of the cavalry on ancient rome its different than the late empire, just see the punic war and how they prize and value light cavalry over late heavy cathapracts
@rustomkanishka2 жыл бұрын
Too bad they weren't in time for Valerian.
@TheGoldennach2 жыл бұрын
Based on total war game stats, Roman cavalry isn't weak, it's just not as op as its infantry :D
@Godzilla09362 жыл бұрын
Because there horses didn't listen
@SoroushSabzi2 жыл бұрын
But no matter what they did or they didn’t Persian empires one after another would beat them … lol