and who was the first Parthian king to use it?
When was the Parthian late bodygourd first use, historically?
and who was the first Parthian king to use it?
Re: When was the Parthian late bodygourd first use, historically?
It was really a gradual transformation from the old BGs, a Parthian king didn't just say one day, "I'm gonna turn my bodyguards into these" and from then on that was what was used.
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Re: When was the Parthian late bodygourd first use, historically?
still if you could just give me a general period of when the Parthian BG look like their late BG unit in eb..
Re: When was the Parthian late bodygourd first use, historically?
A good date would be when Mithridates I took the throne and conquered much of the East, which would be 171-138 B.C.E.
Re: When was the Parthian late bodygourd first use, historically?
thank you, that really helped me.
Re: When was the Parthian late bodygourd first use, historically?
Historically, cataphracts armoured like the Late Bodyguards and the Late Armored Elite Cataphracts were not in use until the first centuries AD. Down to the first century BC, all Parthian cataphracts were armed like the Parthian Noble Cataphracts.
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