Does the Cataphract have increased strength from this mod or is it the same as normal?

the scholarii should be stronger then knights and were knowns to be equip with slings to darts to two swords two lances handful of maces and hunnic improved composite bow. they were OP. but werent only lance combat as the knights were. so they were better.

How can the cataphracts promotions be saved on upgrade?

GONDORIANS.

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Technically you are correct but there is confusion over the precise definition of a cataphract; the term Cataphract just refers to a horse and rider that is fully clad in scale armor.

Byzantium military strategy and equipment evolved from antiquity to medieval era. For instance Stirrups were introduced from the Avars but full plate armor never made it because after after the 4th Crusade the Empire lost access to the resources that allowed it to maintain the best army in Europe.
Regardless Byzantium still had much of the resources and power of the Roman Empire and could field large professsionaly trained and well equipped armies. Therefore they deserve to have a UU that can dominate the 30-40 turns that comprises the early medieval period.

Hi. thanks for the comments.
Yes sigmacraft is right. I chose that picture simply because I could not find any other picture that presented what Byzantine Cataphracts may have looked like and Tolkiens vision of Gondor while not intentionally allegorical did portray the people of Minas Tirith as a high cultured, educated and wealthy medieval society. The only European society that can meet that category in the middle ages is Byzantium.

The parthians were the ones who largely focused the use on cataphracts and horse archers they were around before and after the seleucid empire fell but were eventually overthrown by the sassanids who still used cataphracts.

bruva kitteh and to anyone else who is wondering why the pic is from LOTR, Gondor is based largely on Byzantium(men in meddle are based on Roman history),JRR Tolkien himself wrote about "The Byzantine City of Minas Tirith",and Peter Jackson used Byzantine buildings for Gondor's buildings because how Gondor is based on Byzantium.That is my reasoning for it at lest

Byzantine Cataphracts were used in the early medieval period.

Thtas no right Cataphragt were used pretty early even the Seleucid empire used Catphregt and they were bevore the romans got big...

the picture is from lord of the rings but

Great mod good work and thanks!

give those horsemen of gondor some credit boyo

i lik how the front picture is a scene from Lord of the rings return of the king

At first I was like wow how inaquirate with the captrach or whatever... But u were right! Don't make a history game without checking your facts!

thank

Sounds smart thank you!!!

OMG Thank you!

great mod. thank you.