Quote Originally Posted by orangat
The camel cataphracts in RTW are very strong. They are armored can go toe to toe with any heavy cavalry plus they have the scare bonus.

The disadvantage is that they are slower and cannot chase down horse cavalry.
True, and in the event that they should rout (unlikely as they have good stats, but still) they will al get cut down because there isn't much in the game that can't catch up with them.