Stor-bezashk were veterinarian

Veterinarian

A veterinary physician, colloquially called a vet, shortened from veterinarian or veterinary surgeon , is a professional who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals....

s within the Sassanid Persian army whose purpose was to ensure the safety and health of the steeds before battles. It was these men would care for the horses feeding them and grooming them. According to some of the sources if the steeds would die in their care the Stor bezashk would be fined, they had a thorough knowledge of herbs.

See also

• Cataphract
  Cataphract
  A cataphract was a form of armored heavy cavalry utilised in ancient warfare by a number of peoples in Western Eurasia and the Eurasian Steppe....
  
  
• Sassanid army
  Sassanid army
  The birth of the Sassanid army dates back to the rise of Ardashir I , the founder of the Sassanid dynasty, to the throne. Ardashir aimed at the revival of the Persian Empire, and to further this aim, he reformed the military by forming a standing army which was under his personal command and whose...
  
  
• Spahbod
  Spahbod
  Spahbod or Spahbed , is derived from the words Spah and bod ; or "Aspah'Paeity" , and means commander of cavaliers/ knights; alternatively Spah Salar was a rank used in the Parthian empire and more widely in the Sassanid Empire of Persia...
  
  
• Byzantine army
  Byzantine army
  The Byzantine army was the primary military body of the Byzantine armed forces, serving alongside the Byzantine navy. A direct descendant of the Roman army, the Byzantine army maintained a similar level of discipline, strategic prowess and organization...
  
  
• Late Roman army
  Late Roman army
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• Roman-Persian Wars
  Roman-Persian Wars
  The Roman–Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between states of the Greco-Roman world and two successive Iranic empires: the Parthian and the Sassanid. Contact between the Parthian Empire and the Roman Republic began in 92 BC; wars began under the late Republic, and continued...
  
  
• Savārān cavalry
  Savaran cavalry
  The Savārān cavalry were Persian military units and were a division of cavalry during the time of the Sassanid Persian dynasty; they ranged from light cavalry such as horse archers to heavy cavalry such as Cataphracts. Each Savārān unit would have had its own Drafsh...