Was Roman cavalry weak?

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Was Roman cavalry weak?

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@palehorseman8386 2 жыл бұрын

One reason was that horses hadn't been bred large enough to carry armored men for quite some time.

@thodan467 3 ай бұрын

ask the parthians they had ctaphracts at carrhae i believe

@RexGalilae 2 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

@Tirajis 2 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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@ChocorocK 2 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.

@elcaponeholyemperorofnj1169 2 жыл бұрын

There’s also The Byzantine Empire, the direct successor to the Roman Empire

@MrElmi 2 жыл бұрын

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@ethancash8870 2 жыл бұрын

Through out its history Romes Calvary was never weak

@annedirkvanderweerd8444 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed but they're counterparts made them look weak.

@ethancash8870 2 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

@annedirkvanderweerd8444 2 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-df1oy 2 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.

@theromanorder 2 жыл бұрын

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@markrowland1366 2 жыл бұрын

The Roman army stopped when Constantinople fell. It was then some two thousand two hundred years in existence.

@thutch7622 2 жыл бұрын

What a bout Scipios Numidian cavalry

@bigchungus3719 2 жыл бұрын

They just haven't discovered stirrups yet. That's the most easy and accurate answer.

@Fatherofheroesandheroines Жыл бұрын

Weak no. Underused...yes.

@lordgrimm2905 2 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