09-22-2008, 06:08 AM
....a Punic veteran carrying an "Aspis" would likely be a pure anachronism in the second Punic War. What little evidence we have points to a 'Thureos/scutum' equipped African veteran. ( e.g. tomb of Abdasart in North Africa), and the fact that it was almost certainly Hamilcar Barca and the Cartaginians who introduced the 'Thureos/scutum' to Spain, at least to the South-eastern part.It is possible that Spanish 'scutarii' were equipped with oval shields made in the workshops of 'Nova Cartago'.
The clear implication is that African troops were thureos equipped from well before the second Punic War.
The clear implication is that African troops were thureos equipped from well before the second Punic War.
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
