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- The Caetrati were a type of light infantry in ancient Iberia who often fought as skirmishers. They were armed with a caetra shield, swords, and javelins...
- one was the small, round caetra, which gave its owners the Roman name of caetrati, while the other was the heavier, oval scutum, similar to the thyreos or...
- Iberian infantry, scutati and caetrati. Scutati were heavily armored and carried large Italic style scutum shields. The caetrati carried the caetra, a small...
- carried this shield were usually light infantry called caetratus (pl. Caetrati). This 30 to 90 cm (1ft to 3ft) diameter light round shield was constructed...
- Iberian warriors serving Carthage were split into scutari heavy infantry and caetrati light infantry, named so after their shields, the caetra being a round...