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| Locally self-sufficient heavy cavalry |
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Parthians 141 B.C.E.- 226 C.E. developed
In response to endless waves of Barbarian invasions, fed horses alfalfa and hay during the winter when natural forage was scarce, would make a far bigger and stronger breed that could carry heavy armor itself and bear the additional weight of an armored rider without ceasing mobility. However, no offense. only defense. $$$$$$$
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226-651 C.E.
Parthian Kings replaced by a New Sassanian Dynasty.
Modeled after Darius and Xerxes.
Depended on heavy-armored cavalry dispersed among the villages of Iranian countryside.
know about prophet Mani.
Rural landholders, trained from childhood to ride and shoot - and ready at a moment's notice to don their armor and ride forth to defend the locality from which they drew their rents- proved very effective in discouraging raiders from the steppe. |
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| Byzantium, under Justianian... |
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537-565 C.E.
launched a systematic effort to regain control of the lost western provinces. Recovered north Africa from Vandals, Italy from the Ostrogoths, and Spain from the Visigoths.
Won these wars with combination of sea power and heavy-armored Calvary, equipped and trained on the Sassanian model but supported by the imperial treasury rather than land grants like the Persians. |
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| Roman Republic=how was it governed? |
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