 Unlike the Roman legions, its strength was in its armoured cavalry Cataphracts, which evolved from the "Clibanarii" of the late empire.Infantry were still used but mainly in support roles and as a base of maneuver for the cavalry.Most of the foot-soldiers of the empire were the armoured infantry "Skutatoi" and later on, "Kontarioi" (plural of the singular "Kontarios"), with the remainder being the light infantry and archers of the "Psiloi".