For protection wears chainmail, a ‘gallic’ helmet and carries a large, oblong shield.
Italian cavalry never did too well on the battle field. Spanish, Gallic and Numidian cavalry proved much superior. So by the first century AD Roman cavalry consisted almost entirely of horsemen raised from the various provinces of the empire.
Note that the Roman cavalry rode without stirrups.
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