 VaRoma vakarwa hondo yakarebesa uye isina kugadziriswa kuMabvazuva vachipesana nevaParthia kutanga muna 53 BC, kutanga nekukundwa kwaMarcus Licinius Crassus mubatsiri wepedyo waJulius Caesar nemauto ake 35,000 paCarrhae. Uku kukundwa kwakanga kusingatarisirwi uye kunonyadzisa kweRoma kwakateverwa nehondo dzakawanda mukati memazana maviri emakore akatevera achibatanidza zviitiko zvakawanda zvinozivikanwa zvakadai se: Hondo yeCilician Gates, Gomo reGindarus, Hondo yaMark Antony yeParthian uye pakupedzisira yakaguma muhondo yeropa yeNisibis muna 217 AD, iyo yakaguma nekukunda kudiki kweParthian, uye Emperor Macrinus akamanikidzwa kubvuma rugare neParty. Somugumisiro wenguva iyi yokuramba uchinzwa cataphract, muzana remakore rechina, Umambo hweRoma hwakanga hwagamuchira huwandu hwemauto evarwi vevarwi vevarwi vevarwi ona Notitia Dignitatum, vakadai seSarmatian Auxiliaries. VaRoma vakashandisa zvikwata zvema cataphracts zvose zviri zviviri zvevagari vemo uye zvevarwi muumambo hwose, kubva kuAsia Minor kusvika kuBritain, uko boka revanhu 5 500 veSarmatians kusanganisira cataphracts, infantry, uye vasiri varwi vakatumirwa muzana remakore rechipiri naMambo Marcus Aurelius ona Kupera kwekutonga kweRoma muBritain. 