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    Default Re: Saka "building" bodyguard cav (I think an error)

    Quote Originally Posted by Titus Marcellus Scato View Post
    Antiochus III introduced cataphracts into the Seleucid army because his father, Seleucus II Callinicus, had been badly defeated by Parthian cataphracts under Arsaces I.

    "The Cataphract (Kataphraktoi) were first introduced into the Hellenistic military tradition with the Seleucid Antiochus III the Greats anabasis in the east from 212-205 BC. With his camapaigns in Parthia and Bactria he came into contact with Cataphracts and copied them. "

    from a website

    Even if Seleukos II was defeated, It was Antiochus III who actually introduced them and he did it AFTER his anabasis

    I'm not trying to start a fruitless argument. If ive offended you, im sorry. Im merely stating why I use that particular cheat. After all, the reforms are extraordinarily hard to get :/
    Last edited by seleucid empire; 09-21-2012 at 13:30.

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