"Mithridates' Heavy Cavalry" Topic
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16 Dec 2017 10:02 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 23 May 2017 2:33 p.m. PST |
Peter Andrews, in Slingshot 310, wrote an article pondering the nature of Mithridates' heavy cavalry. Which possibility do you favor? * lance-armed companion cavalry of Alexander and his Successors
* Persian-style horsemen with javelin
* Sarmatian-style cavalry
* Armenian-style cataphracts
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JMcCarroll  | 23 May 2017 2:55 p.m. PST |
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| evilgong | 23 May 2017 4:29 p.m. PST |
I'm not sure if successor xystophori (sp) lancers would be still about, the rest would probably appear in his army in some way. |
| wrgmr1 | 23 May 2017 6:03 p.m. PST |
Evilgong is correct, no successors but the other three in some form or another. |
| basileus66 | 23 May 2017 9:15 p.m. PST |
I think that the answer should be: it depends. Mithridates was fighting Rome from almost 20 years. His armies would have field different types of heavy cavalry, according circumstances. At the height of his power it is reasonable to think that his armies would have included heavier armored types, as those were usually aristocrats and it is probable that they would have been willing to support Mithridates when he looked like he could actually defeat Rome and consolidate his conquests in Anatolia and Greece. |
| The Last Conformist | 23 May 2017 9:47 p.m. PST |
Sarmatian-style cavalry was surely provided by his Bosporan domains; similarly Armenian cataphracts by his Armenian allies. But what Peter tried to establish was the nature of the nature of the heavy cavalry of Pontus itself. |
Phillius  | 24 May 2017 12:58 a.m. PST |
My Pontic Nobles are a mixture of Greek and Persian types of horsemen on Persian style horses, some with frontal armour.
I use Tin Soldier 25mm. |
| Khusrau | 27 May 2017 5:11 p.m. PST |
Sarmatian or Parthian Style. |
 Swampster | 28 May 2017 3:00 a.m. PST |
Same as the Kappadokians. Whatever they looked like. |
| Herce Salon de Guerre | 03 Jun 2017 6:14 a.m. PST |
I have Bosphorian, Greek and Armenian, all look very different to each other. Cheers
Matt |
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