Cataphracts ( Tanks of the Ancient World)...Before there were Knights

I think this video will get a lot of Bannerlord players.

Epimetheus thank you for showing the REAL history. my country ( Iran) is one of the oldest civilizations and has many wonderful things in its long history but due to some reason many people does not know about my country's rich history. Thank you for youre good job.( AND I LOVE THE ARTWORKS)

Your artwork is addictive.

Pre-Islamic persian region is one of the most interesting subjects for me.

Yeah I got cataphracts in my eyes, had to get corrective surgery.

Interesting to know that Cataphracts wouldn t have existed if humanity didn t know how to breed horses large enough and strong enough to carry a man in full armor

Cataphracts have always fascinated me since I first encountered them in Age of Empires 2 and both their history and their evolution have been a topic worth seeing. The impressive thing about the Cataphracts is that after them, it took Western Europe several more centuries to achieve the level of armor that the Persians and Byzantines had at the end of antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages; It must have been impressive to see the heavy cavalry of those two Empires charging against each other on the battlefield, their gleaming silver and gold armor shining in the sun.

I appreciate that the style of the drawing mimicks medieval esthetics. Feels more appropriate to me than trying to dramatize with cinematic drawings.

The amount of research you do for each one of your videos is admirable and of course the amount of work you do to create them. enjoyed watching this video, thanks from a fellow Iranian.

Cataphracts: the guy who said the joke Knight: the guy who repeated it but louder

Keep in mind that stirrups weren't generally used in Europe until after 500 or 600 AD. Before the Sarmatians (leather stirrups), almost no one used any type of stirrup, at all. Keeping your seat during a cavalry 'meeting engagement' meant that most riders ended up fighting on foot. ;) (Stirrups were first introduced in India several centuries earlier, though, and made of leather.)

You imagine how hot it would be in full armor in the desert

The Seleucid cataphract combines Greek aesthetic with Iranian practicality. The best of two great cultures!

Well done on the drawing, really captures the weight of the armor.

The drawing is really great. Horses, the armour, facial expression on the rider on the right. Really makes it seem cool and gives an insight to a moment of battle between the two cataphract riders. Great work. Please do more if at all possible.

It's truly astonishing how Turks like to claim Iranian and Eastern Iranic history like this.

I was gonna say, your drawing skills have improved so much, and this drawing is badass. Keep it up, Epimetheus!

I love how you called it "armoured horse - human collaboration"

Always had a fascination with the cataphracts and heavy cavalry. Great drawings and thank you for the video!

Your information about Persia is really good