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“Byzantine Cavalryman c.900-1204 takes a completely different look at the subject from light horse arches to the super-heavy, armored cataphracts... Author
Timothy Dawson goes into great detail about Byzantine cavalrymen fro their recruitment to their training, equipment and campaigning... Illustrator Giuseppe
Rava's excellent color plates are very clear and show a great amount of detail.” ―John Burt, Toy Soldier & Model Figure

About the Author

Dr Timothy Dawson gained his PhD in Classics (Byzantine Studies) from the University of New England, New South Wales, Australia in 2003. He has lectured
for many years on Byzantine, Greek and Roman armies. He is currently editor of Medieval History Magazine and is a keen reenactor, particularly of the
medival European period. He operated Australia's first historical European combat school, Amyna, near Sydney from 1984 to 1987, and in 1985 published a
training manual embodying techniques practiced at that time. Timothy was also known as one of Australia's finest makers of swords and other military
equipment. This activity embodied and informed his research and teaching in both arms and armor and combat. Since then he has gone on to be
internationally recognized academically as an expert on certain forms of arms and armor. The author lives in Leeds, UK.

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 Series: Warrior (Book 139)
Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: Osprey Publishing; First Edition edition (August 18, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1846034043
ISBN-13: 978-1846034046
Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 0.2 x 9.9 inches
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Average Customer Review: 8 customer reviews
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2.9 out of 5 stars
Kyle Dinic
5 star 25%
Well-written,but some of the worst color plates I've seen in an osprey book
4 star 13%
November 29, 2017
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2 star 12%
I commonly purchase books by osprey for their magnificent reproductions of fighting men.But ever
1 star 12%
since the loss of the great Angus Mcbride,the illustrators seemed to have just stopped trying.The
book does have excellent information,but the color plates for it might as well not even be
included.If you're like me and are always looking for a well-illustrated book on the appearances of
Review this product warring peoples,as well as excellent information presented in an well-written manner,please do
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 I was very disappointed by this title which turns out to be even worse than the previous title on the
Byzantine infantryman 900-1204. It duplicates (almost verbatim) significant sections of this title,
published a couple of years before. Unfortunately, this duplication means that the errors are ALSO
duplicated, in particular the dozen or so contained in the chronology and all those in the
background section at the beginning of the book. This shows that the author did not even bother
to check this section and just cut and pasted it from his previous title. Accordingly, all of the
comments made for the previous title are also valid for this one.

Also, rather than using up valuable and limited space with a glossary of terms (3 full pages!) and
photos of the author dressed up in what he believes to be the equipment of a byzantine heavy
cavalryman, listing the various works that he has consulted would have been more valuable for the
reader. There is simply NO bibliography at all.

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K. Murphy

Byzantine Cavalryman 900 - 1204

September 24, 2009
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Osprey's `Warrior 139 - Byzantine Cavalryman c. 900 - 1204' is intended to be a companion
volume to 2007's title on the Eastern Roman infantryman of this same period.

The author, an expert in medieval armor and combat techniques, presents a convincing portrait of
the cavalry of the Eastern Empire. They played a diverse number of tactical roles - many were
equipped for skirmishing or scouting missions, while others were equipped for close combat.

The Byzantines copied the fighting styles of Turkish cavalry - fighting unarmored and with
composite bows - but not with the same great effect. The tradition of the kataphractos - the
heavily equipped lancer dating (in the Roman Army) to at least the 2nd Century AD remained in
tact up to the beginning of the Empire's terminal decline in the early 13th Century.

This is a detailed and highly recommendable look into the cavalrymen of the Byzantine Empire,
examining both the armor and the personal life of the man that wore it; it is a well-researched
source on the elite defenders of a declining Empire that faced enemies as diverse as Turkish
tribesmen and Frankish crusaders.
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David D. Lawson

A Good Solid and Worthwhile Book!

January 19, 2010
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As been noted in the other reviews of this book. This is a good investment for those who wish to
extend their knowledge about the Elite of the Eastern Roman Empire Army. In clear , concise
language the author lays out before the reader the Story about Byzantium's Horse Soldiers. I must
also commend Osprey for it's improvements in illustrations since the its great loss of Mr. Mcbride.
Well Done!

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Anibal Madeira

The Roman/Byzantine fighting arm...

November 3, 2009
Format: Paperback
Not to say that the infantryman of the period hadn't real importance; of course they had a vital
role. But the author (and the manuals like strategikon or the Tactika) clearly shows us that
Byzantine infantry of the time in study was a mobile fortress where the cavalry rallied and paused
for the next attack. The author is a renowned academic and editor of a military medieval magazine
that has a significant advantage of being an experienced reenactor and weaponsmith. The art by
Giuseppe Rava is strong and full of passion like always (welcome to Osprey): detailed and accurate
paintings.
 From the sources of the recruits (Strateia and some garrisons, also from allied nations but
integrated in the regular units), their maintenance, organization (Themes and Tagmas, and the
subdivisions), training and experience of battle, the author gives a very good introduction. Not
forgetting some issues that clearly are worth detailing a little bit more, like the several types of
cavalryman: the archers, the Khoursores and the Katafraktoi and their evolution, weapons (subjects
that the author has a great knowledge), and the very important questions of belief and moral (we
must not forget that the eastern christhians had no concept of holy war...killing was a deadly sin in
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