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1,800-Year-Old Roman Scutum Made of Wood and Leather Shield Discovered, May Have Been Dropped by a Soldier in Battle
Speculations suggested that the scutum was first used during the First or Second Samnite War, between 343 B.C. and 304 B.C., and that Marcus Furius Camillus influenced its make. Knewz.com noted ...
On this date: Two millennia later, the 3rd Punic War ends
In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final battle. For centuries during the pre-Christian era, two ...
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On this date: Two millennia later, the 3rd Punic War ends
Over the course of almost 140 years they fought what became known as the Punic Wars: (The name Punic derives from the Romans’ word for the Carthaginians, Punicus or Poenicus, which refers to ...