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Pax Romana Art
The Cataphracts
The Eastern Frontier · c. AD 965
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- Printed in the USA. Printed, stretched, and shipped in the USA.
- Free US shipping. Tracking included on every order.
- Canvas, framed or not. Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars, or set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm gap around it.
- Hanging hardware included. Framed canvas arrives assembled, with the hanger attached.
- Arrives perfect — guaranteed. Damaged or defective? Free reprint or refund.
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Framed canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas
- 42 mm (1.65″) deep
- Arrives assembled and ready to hang: hanger attached, screws or nails included
Canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars
- Hanging hardware included
- Sizes: 18x12″ · 24x16″ · 36x24″
- Orientation: Horizontal
- Medium: Canvas
- Style: History painting
- Era: Byzantium
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The CataphractsFramed canvas · Black · 18x12″
740 kr
876 krSave 136 kr
The Eastern Frontier · c. AD 965
The Iron Wedge Advances
Armored horsemen had a long history in the Roman army, but in the tenth century the Byzantines revived the heavy cataphract as a shock weapon. The Praecepta Militaria, a manual attributed to the emperor Nikephoros II Phokas, who reigned from 963 to 969, describes them closely. Each man wore a coat of lamellar or mail, armored sleeves and a helmet with a mail veil that left only the eyes uncovered. Their horses were protected by heavy coverings of felt or hide. The riders carried iron maces and swords, with lancers among them.
They fought in a blunt wedge, given in the manual as around five hundred men, with archers sheltered inside. Their task was to ride straight at the enemy commander and break the line, with lighter cavalry following to exploit the gap. Under Nikephoros and his successor John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine armies recovered Crete, Cyprus, Cilicia and Antioch, the greatest Roman advance in the East for centuries.
The piece
The painting places us low on rocky ground as the charge comes on. The lead rider and his horse fill the left of the picture, the horse's armored head turned toward us, the scales of its covering catching gold light. More riders stretch back in diagonal ranks into the dust, under a forest of lances and banners. Far behind them the sun is setting over hills and water.
Materia · The materials
Canvas, framed or not.
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Wooden stretcher bars
The canvas is stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars.
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Floating frame
Black, natural wood or dark brown, with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas. 42 mm (1.65″) deep.
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Ready for the wall
Framed canvas arrives assembled, hanger attached, screws or nails included. Canvas comes with its hanging hardware.
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