The Punic Wars were a series of three fierce conflicts fought between 264 and 146 BC by Rome and Carthage over control of the western Mediterranean. The Iberian city of Cástulo, near present-day Linares, in Spain’s southern Andalusia region, was one of the backdrops to the struggle, the Iberian peninsula being the main stage for the first phase of the Second Punic War, which also saw Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps and the invasion of mainland Italy.
In charge of the Carthaginian troops was general Hasdrubal while the Roman armies were led by the brothers Publius and Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio. In 1976, at the necropolis of Estacar de Robarinas, a slate plaque engraved on both sides was found in what appeared to be the destroyed tomb of a warrior. On one side of the plaque there was a horseman holding two spears, mounted on a horse saddled with a leopard skin.
A new study titled An African Horseman in Cástulo by Sabino Perea Yébenes, a professor of ancient history at the distance learning university UNED, suggests the portrait is a representation of a North African horseman who fought in Cástulo, one of those whose spears mortally wounded Publius Cornelius in 211 BC, according to ancient sources. The study was published in Rivista della Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Cartagine.
Link - https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-12-15/study-sheds-light-on-mysterious-mounted-warrior-from-africa-who-fought-the-roman-legions.html
Regards,
Pete
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