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Sassanian elite cavalry, ad they were still the heavy infantry of old, with a spear or sword, shield, body armour and a helmet. Sassanian elite cavalry ad 224642 by kaveh farrokh. The sasanian empire was founded by ardashir i, after the fall of the parthian empire and the defeat of its last emperor, artabanus iv. The mcbride plates are amazing, more animated and interesting than his still excellent plates in the osprey books. The sassanians ruled the last great imperial empire of persia before the arab conquests of the 7th century. The birth of the army dates back to the rise of ardashir i r. Senior vet who looked after the cavalry elites mounts. Sassanian elite cavalry ad 226642 farokh k osprey elite 110. Sassanian elite cavalry ad 224 642 osprey elite series no. Osprey publishing eli110 sassanian elite cavalry ad 224642. On one occasion under emperor bahram v the force attacked a roman army but outnumbered, it stood firm and was cut down to a man. It does also touch on the rest of it, but the noblebased savaran cavalry is the focus.
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During the napoleonic wars the supreme battlefield shock weapon was the heavy cavalry the french cuirassiers, and their british, austrian, prussian and russian counterparts. Over the centuries, the heaviest armor for the noble cavalry lightens to permit archery, while the clouds of parthian light horse archers acquire mail, regimentation, and perhaps better bows. Since a lot of people have more reading time than usual right now, osprey is giving away 5 free ebooks a week for the next 4 weeks. Cavalry has nearly always been the prestige arm in the military, so the osprey elite book on the sassanian empire is indeed focused on the elite branch of their military.
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