i dont know it this was said before, but kataphraktoi histoically did not use lances, but used a weapon called a Kontos, which was a very sturdy pike sort of weapon that was sometimes 16-20 feet long, and were designed to fight against spearmen that the bulgars employed en masse, but it turned out that the knontos not only beat up spearmen, but also made cavalry with lances useless against kataphraktoi.
just some info you might like to know.
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