tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500580163817151001.post5501649615389495393..comments2023-07-17T07:23:08.980-07:00Comments on Comitatus: Equites promoti seniorespuszkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673182651483064432noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500580163817151001.post-30063595654450027092012-09-01T17:05:07.443-07:002012-09-01T17:05:07.443-07:00Nice work, Puszkin! You've been making some gr...Nice work, Puszkin! You've been making some great progress with this project.Ben Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500580163817151001.post-82968676407983331462012-08-28T06:11:15.302-07:002012-08-28T06:11:15.302-07:00Maybe they have, but it's possible that they d...Maybe they have, but it's possible that they did not have the shield. Clibanari and katafrakci is a difficult problempuszkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673182651483064432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500580163817151001.post-87976132198686993002012-08-28T03:40:38.290-07:002012-08-28T03:40:38.290-07:00I had thought the clibinarii had a small shield st...I had thought the clibinarii had a small shield strapped to their<br />arms so they could use the kontos, at least my old Hinchcliffe are<br />armed that way...)Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230631364253238804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500580163817151001.post-69975825911491235372012-08-28T01:56:04.757-07:002012-08-28T01:56:04.757-07:00Except that it is not "Extra Heavy" but ...Except that it is not "Extra Heavy" but "Medium" (I do not like that term - it's normal, regular Roman cavalry). It's a pity that all the horses have armor. "Extra Heavy" rather not have the shield because they kept both hands contos. Even in Phil Barker's "Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome 150BC-600AD" are hard cavalry with large shields (Figures 40,41,43)puszkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673182651483064432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500580163817151001.post-9466325268801487282012-08-27T13:14:40.630-07:002012-08-27T13:14:40.630-07:00Very nice but I had always thought (or at least I ...Very nice but I had always thought (or at least I was lead to believe by Phi Barker)that Roman extra heavy cavalrymen used smaller shields?Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230631364253238804noreply@blogger.com