An African horseman in Cástulo
Abstract
In Cástulo, a strategic place located on the fluctuating border of Hispania Ulterior y Citerior, a small slate plate with the engraving of an armed horseman was found years ago. The only study published on this piece, in 1983, considered him a Greek horseman. Now we propose that it is an African rider – Numidian o Mauritanian - of those who fought in the Iberian Peninsula during the Second Punic War..
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