Category:Cataphract
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heavily armored, often mounted soldier; defensive armour worn by such a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well | |||||
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A cataphract is defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often for the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations. It also refers to a soldier (especially a horseman) covered with such armour.
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This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Media in category "Cataphract"
The following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total.
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2500 year celebration (5).jpg 500 × 368; 58 KB
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Ancient Sasanid Cataphract Uther Oxford 2003 06 2(1).jpg 400 × 533; 79 KB
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Britischer Kataphrakt.png 605 × 726; 294 KB
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Byzantine Greek Alexander Manuscript Cataphract (cropped).JPG 1,225 × 884; 206 KB
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LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-cataphract.wav 1.3 s; 123 KB
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Graffito of Clibanarius.jpg 1,920 × 1,901; 548 KB
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ParthianCataphract.JPG 1,162 × 940; 334 KB
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Piatto d'argento con scena di combattimento, dal tesoro di isola rizza, 510 dc ca. 02.jpg 4,260 × 3,492; 7.77 MB
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Sarmatian cataphracts in Trajan's column, 2nd century CE.jpg 1,266 × 1,399; 1.39 MB
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Seal of Chihr-Burzen.jpg 800 × 415; 151 KB
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Shahanshahi2500YearsAshkanian1.jpg 600 × 418; 146 KB
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Tabriz Sasanian Plate 2.jpg 1,181 × 1,332; 728 KB
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Tabriz Sasanian Plate 3.jpg 1,186 × 1,162; 1.28 MB
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Thracian horseman in National Historical Museum Bulgaria 003.JPG 4,272 × 2,848; 5.12 MB