the informations that we have shows that the Sassanian empire , the roman empire and china were the strongest empires during the time that attila total war starts . so here are some infoes about the Sassanian army :
(Battle of Samarra) :
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Emperor Julian is killed during his failed invasion of Sassanian Persia in June 26, 363 AD. Above is a recreation of Sassanian Persia’s elite cavalry, the Savaran, as they would have appeared during Julian’s failed invasion. Note the heavily armored Sassanian elite guardsman (Pushtighban) whose lance has pierced a Roman infantryman. Further right is a Savaran officer whose sword is drawn in what is now known as the “Italian grip” which is Sassanian in origin. To the far right can be seen a Zoroastrian or Mithraist Magus brandishing a Sassanian era symbol. Also of interest are the armored elephants in the background. Armored elephants were especially prized as their cabs afforded very high elevation over the battlefield, which was ideal for Sassanian archery ( Picture source: Farrokh, Plate D, -اسواران ساسانی- Elite Sassanian cavalry, 2005).
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This model ‘Sassanid Heavily Armed Knight’ belongs to the Army of Gyan – Avspar Peshmerga (IV – V century A.D.).This was a heroic clan of warriors, ready to sacrifice their lives in battle. He is armed in a unique and complex way. Wearing body armour with metal plates and chain mail. He is wearing a leather jacket with the “sun” medal covering his chest area, and metal decorated straps over the stomach area. His horned helmet is a complex “Spagenhelm” with full face protection. His weapons consist of a large wooden club, reinforced with metal bands. He carries a wide double-bladed sword with a cross-shaped handle, and a dagger. His defence shield is small and rounded with radial metal reinforcements.
Text by: Costas Rodopoulos.
Inspired by an original illustration of Christos Giannopoulos- Historical Artist, released in 2005 for Periscopio Publications – Greece.
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Zhayedan (Immortals) were warriors of an elite unit within the Sassanian army, numbering 10,000 men.[1] They are possibly modeled on the former Immortals, who served the rulers of the Achaemenid Empire, and possibly wore the same clothing as their predecessors. These warriors bore some of the finest quality weaponry and armor of the entire Sassanian army. The Zhayedan were led by a commander bearing the title of "Varthagh-Nighan Khvadhay."[2]
source1 :Sassanian elite cavalry AD 224-642 By Kaveh Farrokh; p. 6
source2 : Sassanian elite cavalry AD 224-642 By Kaveh Farrokh, Angus McBride
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Sassanian cataphracts
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pic source : By: Professor A. Sh. Shahbazi
as we all know cataphracts are heavy armed cavalries and they were one of the most important parts of persian empire's millitary .
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Sassanian officers and heavy royal units ( the info is written on the pic )
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Sassanian clibanarii
the one in the middle : http://up.totalwar.ir/images/4o1ibghq754un9r0akk1.jpg
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Greek word κλίβανος meaning "camp oven" or "metallic furnace"[citation needed]) were a Sassanid Persian, late Roman and Byzantine military unit of heavy armored horsemen. Similar to thecataphracti, the horsemen themselves and their horses were fully armoured. There are several theories to the origins of this name, one being that the men were literally nicknamed “camp oven bearers” (due to the amount of armour they wore that the troops heat up very quickly in the heat of battle)[citation needed] or that the name is derived from Persian word griwbanwar or griva-pana-bara meaning "neck-guard wearer".[1]
The Clibanarii were used mostly by Eastern armies; for example, they were used by thePalmyrene Empire, and fought against the Roman cavalry at Immae and Emesa. Sassanids employed Clibanarii in their western armies, mainly against the Eastern Roman empire. They were more heavily armoured than their Byzantine counterparts. The Clibinarii cavalry of Shapur IIis described by Greek historian Ammianus Marcellinus, a Roman staff officer who served in the army of Constantius II in Gaul and Persia, fought against the Persians under Julian the Apostate, and took part in the retreat of his successor Jovian, as:"All the companies were clad in iron, and all parts of their bodies were covered with thick plates, so fitted that the stiff-joints conformed with those of their limbs; and the forms of human faces were so skilfully fitted to their heads, that since their entire body was covered with metal, arrows that fell upon them could lodge only where they could see a little through tiny openings opposite the pupil of the eye, or where through the tip of their nose they were able to get a little breath. Of these some who were armed with pikes, stood so motionless that you would have thought them held fast by clamps of bronze.
"The Persians opposed us serried bands of mail-clad horsemen in such close order that the gleam of moving bodies covered with closely fitting plates of iron dazzled the eyes of those who looked upon them, while the whole throng of horses was protected by coverings of leather."
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