06-14-2007, 04:57 PM
Quote:Ooooo! I'll be looking to add that book to my library!
I was looking at pictures of Carthaginian coins in order to get a sense for their "horse and a tree" theme - similar to the "Big Black Horse Under a Cherry Tree" only not nearly so musical - anyway, I discovered this picture that really surprised me - check out the helmet:
That is definitely an Etrusco-Corinthian helm - note the cheek pieces and the chinstrap.hock:
As I noted on the picture, this coin is dated to 228 to 221 BC and was apparently found in the area of New Carthage.
Images of Athena wearing helmets are NOT valid sources for information on local equipment. Like the Dioskourides and the pilos helmet, the Italo-Corinthian was associated with Athena and so is not indicative of local helmet types.
Quote:BTW, the guy wearing the Etrusco-Corinthian helmet is usually identified as Hannibal, and the coin is a di-shekel (two shekel piece)
Are you sure that's a guy? It looks very feminine to me.
Quote:Cretan archers were mentioned in Carthagenian armies so there go you red tunics for archers.
Why do you associate red tunics with Cretans?
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
