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Sacred Band Fighter of Carthage

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The Sacred Band of Carthage was an elite infantry unit recruited from the upper echelons of Carthaginian society. They did most of their fighting during the fourth century BC, but they would disappear from mention in the historical record after 310 BC (long before Hannibal appeared on the scene, unfortunately). They were unusual among soldiers in the Carthaginian army in that they were all native citizens of Carthage, as opposed to the foreign mercenaries whose ranks formed the army's greater bulk.

My design for this Sacred Band fighter is predominantly speculative of course, but I wanted to get away from the Greek-influenced outfits Carthaginian warriors are usually portrayed as wearing. The white areas on his face and chest are meant to represent body paint made from white ash, such as that used by the Dinka of South Sudan and some societies in Ethiopia's Omo Valley.

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Hannibal was not black. Ancient Tunisians were, just like the modern ones, Mediterranean people. Stop rewriting the history of everyone else, just because you are depressed about your own one.

Was a bit confused. Might as well have the "Carthaginian" look Mongolian. That guy right there looks more like a sub-saharan west central African soldier from Guinea, complete with a costume that would work for a Guinean climate. Not even Berber who were and still are the natives of N. Africa nor Numidian who were also from North Africa, but disappeared as a group. As already mentioned, Carthaginians came from what is now known as Lebanon. I could tell you Lebanese don't look that much like Arabs. A good portion share religion. But the Carthaginian language spoken then is in the same family as Arabic. By the way, the common depiction of a "Carthaginian armor" tends to be "Eastern" as in Persian et al. Reason, why it might look"Greek" is because well, armor from people of close proximity would undoubtedly copy one another. Cool artwork of the Guniean soldier btw.

The art is pretty awesome, And It looks unique, however the Phoenicians come from modern day Lebanon, and would more or less resemble arabs- It's and interesting design, and although the weapon seems impractical it does look awesome, and props for acknowledging Tanit. If he was some sort of mercenary it would make sense, especially if he was a skirmisher from a place like ethiopia. overall, nice art! a bit innacurate but it's all goods :)

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