History/Research: The Peoples of the Steppe

[xeofox]

Ok. Then should I put the that mound in the middle of the settlement?

...mound or nothing (for sakas)

[Bercor]

My question is: can the mound be used for the generic nomad settlement strat map model (saka, sauromatae, dahae, parni, etc)?

[xeofox]

It is much easier ... Yes you Can! Because the mounds (kurgan) were all. A stone sanctuary  at territory where we expect dahae.
Keeping away from the facts. Simplifying, the kurgan can be in a mid sarmatian settl. 

[Bercor]

Very well, I'll change that tomorrow.

[Bercor]

Nomad Large Town

[xeofox]

Wooden wall? We are talking about adobe?

[Bercor]

Yes, adobe walls for the nomad city, fourth and final tier, and not the nomad large town.

[xeofox]

Your choice! 

[Jubal]

I like the look of all this a lot 

[Mausolos of Caria]

Hey xeofox  ,

since you are in charge of all the Steppe people I guess you would also have knowledge on their troops? I read that Cataphracts were first used by the Sakae and Achaemenids, before the Parthians and Hellenistic kingdoms adopted them. My exact question would be, wether you know around which time Parthia, the Seleucids and Armenia adopted the Cataphracts? Perhaps the Seleucids already inherited some from the Persians? The Parthians only seem to have adopted them later, though, in the late 3rd century BC?