Kartada : diforc'h etre ar stummoù

[[File:Carthage.gif|thumb|Kartenn eus ar geoded punek.]]

 

| last = Jongeling

| first = K.

| publisher = University of Leiden

| accessdate = 14 a viz Ebrel 2006

 

=== Savidigezh Kartada ===

</blockquote></ref> especially in overseas warfare. The core of its army was from its own territory in north Africa (ethnic [[Libyans]] and [[Numidians]], as well as "Liby-Phoenicians" — i.e. Phoenicians proper). These troops were supported by mercenaries from different ethnic groups and geographic locations across the Mediterranean who fought in their own national units; [[Celt]]ic, [[Balearic Islands|Balearic]], and [[Iberians|Iberian]] troops were especially common. Later, after the Barcid conquest of Iberia, Iberians came to form an even greater part of the Carthaginian forces. Carthage seems to have fielded a formidable cavalry force, especially in its north African homeland; a significant part of it was composed of Numidian contingents of [[Numidian cavalry|light cavalry]]. Other mounted troops included the now extinct [[North African elephant]]s, trained for war, which, among other uses, were commonly used for frontal assaults or as anti-cavalry protection. An army could field up to several hundred of these animals, but on most reported occasions fewer than a hundred were deployed. The riders of these elephants were armed with a spike and hammer to kill the elephants in case they charged toward their own army.

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== Pennadoù kar ==

[[Listenn rouaned Kartago]]