In the 1930s, during excavations at the ancient city of Dura-Europos on the banks of the Euphrates, a huge number of priceless artifacts were found. One of the most striking was a 3rd century horse armor, which was preserved, if not perfectly, then close to it.
The armor is a capon consisting of about two thousand metal scales. They were woven together with wires and attached to the leather base with special straps. The edges of the cape hung low enough to protect the horse while not interfering with its movement.
Such armor was most likely used by heavily armed horsemen - cataphracts. It is known that Parthians, Sarmatians, Seleucids and Persians had such soldiers at their disposal. Later heavy cavalry also appeared in the Roman army. The armor discovered probably belonged to a Persian cavalryman who took part in the siege of Dura-Europos (the city was under Roman rule at the time) in 256.
The rarity is now housed in a gallery at Yale University
The armor is a capon consisting of about two thousand metal scales. They were woven together with wires and attached to the leather base with special straps. The edges of the cape hung low enough to protect the horse while not interfering with its movement.
Such armor was most likely used by heavily armed horsemen - cataphracts. It is known that Parthians, Sarmatians, Seleucids and Persians had such soldiers at their disposal. Later heavy cavalry also appeared in the Roman army. The armor discovered probably belonged to a Persian cavalryman who took part in the siege of Dura-Europos (the city was under Roman rule at the time) in 256.
The rarity is now housed in a gallery at Yale University
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The love of the fatherland must be the highest purpose of the state -
even higher than the preservation of the constitution, of domestic peace,
property, personal liberty, and general prosperity.
For it is not the abstract love of the constitution, but only the ardent love of the fatherland that awakens in the citizens the readiness to sacrifice even their lives, if necessary, for the freedom and independence of their people!
Johann Gottlieb Fichte 1762-1814
Johann Gottlieb Fichte was a German educator and philosopher. Along with Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, he is considered the most important representative of German Idealism.
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