Cavalry soldiers are either archers or mere attendants who are without weapons of offence.

One of these latter accompanies each horse-archer in battle, for the purpose of holding and guiding his steed while he discharges his arrows.

The attendant wears a skull cap and a plain tunic, the archer has an embroidered tunic, a belt to which his sword is attached, and one of the ordinary pointed helmets.
In the second period the cavalry consists in part of archers, in part of spearmen.

Unarmed attendants are no longer found, both spearmen and archers appearing to be able to manage their own horses.

Saddles have now come into common use: they consist of a simple cloth, or flap of leather, which is either cut square, or shaped somewhat like the saddle-cloths of our own cavalry.