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''Equites cataphractarii'', or simply ''cataphractarii'', were the most heavily armoured type of cavalry in the Imperial Roman army and Late Roman army. The term derives from a Greek word, κατάφρακτος ''kataphraktos'', meaning "covered over" or "completely covered". ==Origins== Heavily armoured cataphract cavalry, usually armed with a long lance (''contus''), were adopted by the Roman army to counter Parthian troops of this kind on the eastern frontier and similar Sarmatian cavalry in on the Danubian frontier.〔Sidnell, p. 143〕 In distinction to both Parthian and Sarmatian cataphracts, who represented a wealthy feudal or tribal elite equipped for war, Roman cataphracts had no social dimension, being composed of professional soldiers like any other troop type of the Roman army. The Romans also used the terms ''contarii'' for lance-armed cavalry, and ''clibanarii'' for heavily armoured cavalry. It is uncertain whether these terms were used interchangeably with 'cataphract', or whether they implied differences of equipment and role.〔Sidnell, pp. 262-265〕
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