Roman Cavalry I

OK, now that you've seen the Sassanid Cataphract in the last post, here's what the Romans had to initially go up against it:

Needless to say, it didn't take long before the Romans created their own to match it. The above image is a typical auxiliary cavalryman circa 1st Century AD. Here's another view:

Now admittedly, these are reenactor/living history recreations and thus, there's potential for error but I think it gives a pretty good idea (But I'm not wild about the tie-down in the second picture). More later! :-)