Cataphracts Design Diary #1

Cataphracts commanders: there is no actionable intelligence in this post. Read on. About two months ago, I reread several series on military historian Bret Devereaux’s blog, ACOUP : analyses of Helm’s Deep and Minas Tirith , breakdowns of pre-modern command and pre-modern logistics , and, of course, a post simply titled “ How Fast Do Armies Move?” . I’m a fan of Devereaux’s—he writes in that…