basically the cataphract is the earlier form of the knight
they usually had armored horses unlike most knights, but knights had plate mail and are from a later time period ... weapons were basically the same too ... except that obviously knights would have more "up to date" gear appearing later than the cataphract ..
they usually had armored horses unlike most knights, but knights had plate mail and are from a later time period ... weapons were basically the same too ... except that obviously knights would have more "up to date" gear appearing later than the cataphract ..