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The main fighting equipment of an armoured cavalryman of the 4th century. 1 The armour consists of steel strips for the arms, legs and feet and a cuirass of steel plates, with mail at the neck and waist. 2 The horse armour was of small bronze or iron plates sown onto canvas. 3 Long spear, the sword would be worn on the left-hand side of the body 4 The helmet would have almost enclosed the face. 5 The saddle remained the horned type. The rider still had no stirrups. 6 The mount would still have been pony-sized. |
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