What is "cataphracts"

Usage examples of "cataphracts".

It was for that very reason that he had ordered the cataphracts to dismount and fight afoot, from behind a barricade built by their own aristocratic hands.

Even the noble cataphracts had finally learned wisdom, though the learning had come much too late.

He had died in full armor, leading the last charge of his remaining cataphracts, after conducting the most brilliant fighting retreat since Xenophon's march to the sea.

It counted many veterans among its number, who had long since learned that cataphracts cannot be matched blow for blow.

The cataphracts who had stood with Belisarius for one final battle were dead now.

The Thracian cataphracts who constituted Belisarius' personal bodyguard were utterly devoted to him.

And, after a time, several cataphracts showed her their own facial scars, which were actually much worse than hers.

And, after they confessed to her that they were cataphracts in name only, because although they possessed all the skills they, sadly, sadly, lacked the noble ancestry of the true cataphract—were, in fact, nothing but simple farm boys at bottom, she began to show an occasional smile.

There was some doubt on the subject, but one of the cataphracts was more than happy to marry the girl.

The hecatontarch motioned to one of the three Thracian cataphracts who were standing quietly in the rear of the tent.

The following day, Procopius watched goggle-eyed as the Thracian cataphracts used the cushion as the target in their mounted archery exercises.

He motioned slightly toward the back of the tent, where Maurice and the two other cataphracts stood.

In public, the members of Belisarius' personal retinue of three hundred cataphracts maintained certain formalities.

Belisarius relied on his low-ranked cataphracts to mingle with the troops and keep his fingers on the pulse of his army.

Personally, Belisarius thought his cataphracts were better archers than any in the Army of Lebanon.