 In the context of the friendly Crusader-Armenian relations, they adopted European traditions, even in their military garments and strategies.According to contemporary chroniclers, there were up to 100,000 men in the Cilician Armenian army, a third of which was cavalry.At the time, Armenian heavy cavalry bore heavy resemblances to their Frankish counterparts, and the equipment used by the Armenian army was more and more akin to that used by the Europeans.