>>64239074
>Cataphract has an edge due to a lighter, faster horse
Lolno. Theres like 500 years of selective breeding between the parthian virgin vs the chad knight

>>63990985
It is what the Eastern Roman Empire post fall of the Western Empire has been called by historians for the last couple of centuries. They never referred to themselves as 'Byzantine', but always as Romans. Even other sources from their time refer to them as Romans.