{"product_id":"roman-heavy-cavalry-2-andrey-negin-9781472839503","title":"Roman Heavy Cavalry (2): Ad 500-1450","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing \u003ci\u003eRoman Heavy Cavalry (1)\u003c\/i\u003e on the earlier centuries, this book explains and illustrates the armor, weapons, organization, and deployment of elite \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eheavy armored\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e cavalry units during their long history in the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the twilight of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th-6th centuries, the elite of the field armies was the heavy armored cavalry-the cataphracts, clad in lamellar, scale, mail, and padded fabric armor. After the fall of the West, the Greek-speaking Eastern or Byzantine Empire survived for nearly a thousand years, and cavalry remained predominant in its armies, with the heaviest armored regiments continuing to provide the ultimate shock-force in battle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccounts from Muslim chroniclers show that the ironclad cataphract on his armored horse was an awe-inspiring enemy: \"...they advanced against you, iron-covered-one would have said that they advanced on horses which seemed to have no legs.\" The heavy units included the regiments of the \u003ci\u003eTagmata \u003c\/i\u003e(the central imperial force based around Constantinople)-the Scholai, Eskoubitoi, Athanatoi (or Vighla) and Ikanatoi-and also provincial units raised from the populations of the \u003ci\u003eThemata \u003c\/i\u003eor army corps districts throughout the Empire. By the 11th century the latter were increasingly being replaced with mercenaries, as provincial governors became semi-independent and often rebellious warlords. This disunity contributed to the Empire's disastrous defeat by the Turks at Manzikert in 1071; thereafter the shrunken Empire relied even more heavily on cavalry, since its field armies had to be mobile to meet the many threats to the frontiers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new study, replete with stunning full-color illustrations of the various units, offers an engaging insight into the fearsome heavy cavalry units that battled against the enemies of Rome's Eastern Empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrei Evgenevich Negin, Andrei Negin, Raffaele D'Amato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472839501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472839503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 7.10w x 0.30d","brand":"Andrei Evgenevich Negin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978309435647,"sku":"9781472839503","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d44d6b19-785c-4ce0-bccc-cdcb16fa4c20.jpg?v=1683240826","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/roman-heavy-cavalry-2-andrey-negin-9781472839503","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}