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Headword: Keltibêres
Adler number: kappa,1306
Translated headword: Celtiberians, Keltiberians
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
"[Celtiberians] have a special mode of warfare: when the infantry are weary, [the cavalry] dismount and have small pegs fastened on to the horses' reins; these they fix and make the horses obey".
Greek Original:
Keltibêres idion echousi kata ton polemon. piezomenôn gar tôn pezôn, parakatabantes kai en tois agôgeusi tôn hippôn passaliskous echontes prosêrtêmenous, toutous pêxantes peitharchein poiousi tous hippous.
Notes:
Polybius fr.163; more fully and intelligibly at iota 112.
For the 'Celtiberians' of E. Spain cf. mu 302, pi 1109, pi 3220, and see generally OCD(4) s.v.
Keywords: geography; historiography; military affairs; science and technology; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 1 March 2006@06:16:03.
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Catharine Roth (set status) on 1 March 2006@10:55:38.
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