I feel like cataphracts are a pretty underrated force in history. Yes they weren't as fast as knights and yes their armor might've not been as advanced (but their armor was still effective), but they are still a force to be reckoned with. Especially considering the fact that they existed hundreds of years (late antiquity) before knights did, in large numbers as well. Anyways, great music man. You have earned yourself a new subscriber :)
@PJ Rivera yeah im aware that knights evolved from cataphracts. As you said, their armor is superior but was (to degree) inspired by previous cataphracts. Knights also used stirrups which (at least not until late antiquity) cataphracts did not. Edit: maybe they didnt use stirrups at all, Im not 100% certain. I saw a source somewhere say that towards the 4th to 6th cen. they started to use stirrups.
@D Anemon : There is talk that different methods of metallurgy produced diffferent exigencies -- European plate mail was developed because (A) the quality of metalworking wasn't as good as that in China and/or India in the Middle Ages and (B) plate mail was developed mainly to counter stray bullets - before the Early Modern Era, only sallets were genuine plate mail, the rest of a knight's accoutrements may have consisted of either leather, mail, or brigandine - the latter being popular all across Eurasia. It was still in use by the Napoleonic Wars, although many a cavalryman despaired at the prospect of wearing a plate mail cuirass into combat -- even if it meant that he could survive a melee encounter with say, a "naked" Cossack or Chevau-Leger (they were "naked" because they didn't like the prospect of wearing heavy armour).
@@meilinchan7314 thats a myth, you know that... European Metal working was as good as Middle easterns or china's, they even had an early version of Blast furnaces at the Iron Ages.
Roman accounts noted the coming of Parthian armies accompanied by the sound of terrifying war drums. Great touch there. Could use some sick Avestan chanting in the background tho :)
Dude if i was Iranian i would set up that 1:10 in my room or gym. Increasing motivation and inspiration by 300%! Hell i'm Swedish and i'm looking for that picture.
This video deserves a million likes! Thank you so much. I can't help but relisten to it. Greetings from The lands of The Great Medes, Persians, and The Parthians.
I remember how OP Cataphracts were in Age of Empires. I used to play Persian Civilizaton and research Metallurgy and unlock "Cataphract Units" and I literally won the game..
Do you hear Parthian Drums?! It's really horryfin in battle and I as an Iranian when hear that my body is shaking for fighting in my ancestors path for IRAN❤
Epic music on this video, but many historians believe that the Byzantine (700-1100 AD) cataphract cavalry were armored horse archers mounted on unarmored horses. Perhaps only the front ranks of each squadron used lances as their main weapon. The Byzantine squadrons probably copied the tactics and weapons of central Asian steppe nomads, because they were the most formidable opponents. Heavy armored cavalry, as depicted in this video, was usually no match for disciplined horse archers. Centuries later the Cossacks used pistols and lances to battle Tartar horse archers, but the Cossacks were not burdened by armor.
Say that to the Turkish horse archers that were slaughtered by the cataphracts .... Too thick armor for an arrow to deal a real adamage to the horse or the Rider
Cossacks used bows and arrows as well. They did wore armor too, not all of them, but they did, during the existence of Zaporozhian host. Cossacks do still exist, and we can trace their history to early 16th century. That's 5 centuries. Many things changed, especially considering their tactics and approach to war. They fought and won against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, one of the strongest states at the time, which proves my point. It's not just abou the armor or weapons. It's tactics and logistics that win wars.
@@wankawanka3053 I feel like you missed something here , muslims took on rome first and then Iran , after the collapse of Persia byzantines were merely a shadow of what they were before
@@dimitrisg45 No way!!!! Roman horsemen, whether cataphracts or horse archers, never became superior to Persian/Parthian horsemen!! Persia (Iran) was the land of horses, and just like the Romans were superior in infantry, the Persians were 100% better in horsemen. Never forget that👍
@@wankawanka3053 Just the fact that the Persians advanced as far as Egypt and Asia Minor and conquered them (although temporarily) demonstrates the weakness of Byzantium. Rome was never, at any time, able to advance this far into the borders of the Iranian empires even when Rome was at its peak of power
Mi sembra che ci sia un grande errore storico, nelle immagini sino rappresentati Catafrakti dell' Impero Romano d'Oriente (l'Impero Bizantino non esiste è un termine moderno di invenzione anglosassone) che combattono contro soldati dell' Impero Romano d'Occidente. Una cosa impossibile sia sul piano temporale che sul piano ideologico perché vorrebbe dire combattere contro se stessi essendo due parti dello stesso impero.
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Legit my favorite unit of the ancient period
and high middle ages
Bucellarii
It was the favourite unit of Crasus I hear.
yep they are very effective
The knights of the ancient world
Total war must sign you as musical producer
Total war Tyler Cunningham music
The answer to Rome's heavy infantry, Is Parthia's/Sassanian 's Heavy Cavalry
Let me fix it cavlary plus archers
@PJ Rivera we didn't join romans
@PJ Rivera And later the European generally. They were later known as "Knights"
@PJ Rivera Also Byzantine army deployed them, for almost 1000 years
I feel like cataphracts are a pretty underrated force in history. Yes they weren't as fast as knights and yes their armor might've not been as advanced (but their armor was still effective), but they are still a force to be reckoned with. Especially considering the fact that they existed hundreds of years (late antiquity) before knights did, in large numbers as well. Anyways, great music man. You have earned yourself a new subscriber :)
@PJ Rivera yeah im aware that knights evolved from cataphracts. As you said, their armor is superior but was (to degree) inspired by previous cataphracts. Knights also used stirrups which (at least not until late antiquity) cataphracts did not.
Edit: maybe they didnt use stirrups at all, Im not 100% certain. I saw a source somewhere say that towards the 4th to 6th cen. they started to use stirrups.
@PJ Rivera yeah i agree with you
@D Anemon : There is talk that different methods of metallurgy produced diffferent exigencies -- European plate mail was developed because (A) the quality of metalworking wasn't as good as that in China and/or India in the Middle Ages and (B) plate mail was developed mainly to counter stray bullets - before the Early Modern Era, only sallets were genuine plate mail, the rest of a knight's accoutrements may have consisted of either leather, mail, or brigandine - the latter being popular all across Eurasia.
It was still in use by the Napoleonic Wars, although many a cavalryman despaired at the prospect of wearing a plate mail cuirass into combat -- even if it meant that he could survive a melee encounter with say, a "naked" Cossack or Chevau-Leger (they were "naked" because they didn't like the prospect of wearing heavy armour).
@@meilinchan7314 thats a myth, you know that... European Metal working was as good as Middle easterns or china's, they even had an early version of Blast furnaces at the Iron Ages.
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"Arise, Son of Parthia. Not everyone gets a second chance."
Roman accounts noted the coming of Parthian armies accompanied by the sound of terrifying war drums. Great touch there. Could use some sick Avestan chanting in the background tho :)
I love your music so much, you are so underrated, you have my full support just keep going!
Hey thanks man, I appreciate that. You bet!
The whole era of ancient time period in the mediteranean is just a centuries long season of *F* *R* *I* *E* *N* *D* *S*
especially carthage and rome
This comment made me cry man 🤣
@@hannibalbarca8411 Could your earth BE any more salted?
Dude if i was Iranian i would set up that 1:10 in my room or gym. Increasing motivation and inspiration by 300%! Hell i'm Swedish and i'm looking for that picture.
Thanks for your good recommendation. i will do this tomorrow at gym :))
I shall do that
Thank you Brave Viking
Wow u put it as ur pfp
It makes me proud that you're familier with history of my country
Good recommendation man🔥🔥🔥
@@rahanmirani1966 History of Iran is super cool, have a nice day!
This is amazing. Thank you!
This video deserves a million likes! Thank you so much. I can't help but relisten to it.
Greetings from The lands of The Great Medes, Persians, and The Parthians.
The best ancient song you made, in my opinion.
I remember how OP Cataphracts were in Age of Empires.
I used to play Persian Civilizaton and research Metallurgy and unlock "Cataphract Units" and I literally won the game..
I love the music but I gotta say you put some really cool art in these videos too. Thanks for sharing :)
Run my horse, run!
For there is glory on the horison
A cool piece.
Amazing work!
Very good one!
Iran, masters of cavalry versus Rome, masters of infantry. These two were well suited as enemies on the battlefield.
Wars lasted more than 700 years
Dope ass musik my man!
next: persian empire [Achaemenid]
Really come on so
Very good song
and thats a new peace for my collection, trurly a masterpeace!
Ps: Are you going to do more roman themed stuff? 😀 It always sound amazing!
Thanks man! I do have some Roman stuff planned, stay tuned!
It was Persian...
Awesome!
aoeII AI: 5 cataphracts charge
me: heavy sweating and ptsd kicking in
The empire couldn't even afford these guys in the later ages.
0:24 that guy is carrying the Dacian Draco, in the back.
Man of culture I see.
Iranian tribes like Sarmatians and Parthians also used it
It's azhi-dahaka or azhdeha
It's was symbol of parthians
Not only Dacians, It used by other ancient Indo European peoples like Scythians, Yuezhis and Parthians.
1:08-1:17- Who you callin Pinhead ?
Me when I see a music title with Persian in it but the thumbnail is desert, Me: don't you dare! Don't you dare do it!
As a pashtun I'm descendant of the Scythians 🏹🏇We aryans rise together💪
Hello. Can I use your music for a gameplay montage?
👍👍👍
IIIIII LOVE YOUR MUSIC!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT SOOOOO MUUUUUUCH!!! FUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Iranian heavy Cataphracts and light horse archers👌🏼
Do you hear Parthian Drums?! It's really horryfin in battle and I as an Iranian when hear that my body is shaking for fighting in my ancestors path for IRAN❤
💪
those are iranian cataphpracts
And we killed many wild romans
Epic music on this video, but many historians believe that the Byzantine (700-1100 AD) cataphract cavalry were armored horse archers mounted on unarmored horses. Perhaps only the front ranks of each squadron used lances as their main weapon. The Byzantine squadrons probably copied the tactics and weapons of central Asian steppe nomads, because they were the most formidable opponents. Heavy armored cavalry, as depicted in this video, was usually no match for disciplined horse archers. Centuries later the Cossacks used pistols and lances to battle Tartar horse archers, but the Cossacks were not burdened by armor.
Say that to the Turkish horse archers that were slaughtered by the cataphracts .... Too thick armor for an arrow to deal a real adamage to the horse or the Rider
Cossacks used bows and arrows as well. They did wore armor too, not all of them, but they did, during the existence of Zaporozhian host. Cossacks do still exist, and we can trace their history to early 16th century. That's 5 centuries. Many things changed, especially considering their tactics and approach to war. They fought and won against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, one of the strongest states at the time, which proves my point. It's not just abou the armor or weapons. It's tactics and logistics that win wars.
Wait is that roman parthia wars?!
No, it is Roman Parthian and Sassanid wars!!
Очень круто
I feel bad for the horses bro
That’s what Byzantine PTSD sounds like
But byzantines used cataphracts too . They even became superior than the Persian ones
Uhhh byzantines used cataphracts too plus they beat the persians so much they couldn't do anything against the arabs
@@wankawanka3053 I feel like you missed something here , muslims took on rome first and then Iran , after the collapse of Persia byzantines were merely a shadow of what they were before
@@dimitrisg45 No way!!!! Roman horsemen, whether cataphracts or horse archers, never became superior to Persian/Parthian horsemen!! Persia (Iran) was the land of horses, and just like the Romans were superior in infantry, the Persians were 100% better in horsemen. Never forget that👍
@@wankawanka3053 Just the fact that the Persians advanced as far as Egypt and Asia Minor and conquered them (although temporarily) demonstrates the weakness of Byzantium. Rome was never, at any time, able to advance this far into the borders of the Iranian empires even when Rome was at its peak of power
strike first strike hard no mersy.Freedom or Death
Great Iranian (Median_Persian_Parthian) Cataphracts
The cataracts cannot see well there is nothing to fear from them!!
You can read history books to figure out truth
2:08 badass
Tout les 1000 ans
Imba music!
👍👍👍👍👌
Mi sembra che ci sia un grande errore storico, nelle immagini sino rappresentati Catafrakti dell' Impero Romano d'Oriente (l'Impero Bizantino non esiste è un termine moderno di invenzione anglosassone) che combattono contro soldati dell' Impero Romano d'Occidente. Una cosa impossibile sia sul piano temporale che sul piano ideologico perché vorrebbe dire combattere contro se stessi essendo due parti dello stesso impero.
why the cataphract in the foreground look like Mel Gibson From modern times and long hair.
It sounds good on 0.75
Parthians sassanid🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷❤❤
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The Roman FEARS the Cataphract.
@PJ Rivera feared*.
@@saeedvazirian cope 🤫
1:27 what has Persia got to do with this?
Again: 3:03
Its achaemanid elite cataphract
parthan and sasanid catafract vs roman
do babylonan mesopotamian , assyrian , chaldean , warriors music
#MailRoyalCaneStaBene *!*
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when the eastern roman empire cataphracts charge the bulgarian lines
I'm pretty sure the Romans had Equites, not Cataphracts. That was for the Bactrians and the Persians mostly
@@nexotonian1 no the ERE adopted cataphracts from their sassanid counterparts and would become bulmark in byzantine armies Kataphraktoinon
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Les empire Britannia d'Amérique Nord
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Ο ΣΤΑΥΡΟΣ ΝΙΚΑ!
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1:07 - 1:22 KU KU KLAN helmet
Bruh
@@CAESAR-qv2rh He cant be helped, he is victim of american education.
@@OkurkaBinLadin
I'm not American , i'm German ...
Lmaoo
@@valmm666vampire Then you must be suffering from West German education.
Byzantium never sounded so good 🤘
Byzantine? That's literally parthians
Yeah that is literally the sound of byzantium's nemesis lol
@@parsarustami774 it could go either way to be honest, a lot of the images used were of byzantine cataphracts.
@@cdr1179 literally non of them were Byzantine lol. eastern rome had different cataphracts. It's similar to persia but still different.
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lol