he Roman legion of the Punic Wars deployed in the famous , the three lines of and . These men were armed thrusting spears, and throwing javelins. These seem to have been of different weights (other names for javelin are sometimes used too – and ). By the Punic wars only the seem to have retained the . Men were also armed with swords – the famous began to be used in the third century BC (and sometimes the words or ensis could be used to refer to any type of sword). On the Carthaginian side, there were the spears and swords of the Libyan troops – usually designated with the same Greek or Latin words as for the Roman weapons in our sources. They also used swords although seemingly modelled on Greek or . The Spanish and Celtic mercenaries of the Carthaginians used their weapons too — and for the Spanish, long straight swords for the celts. Both also used spears. Both sides seem to have used light troops – archers, javelineers and slingers. Cavalry too, used thrusting spears and javelins. The latter was a favorite for the Carthaginian Numidian light cavalry.
