Their garb is more irregular, their arms are bare, but they wear a sort of shirt, open at the neck and reaching to the knees, and confined at the waist by a leather strap, from which hangs a pouch of the same material.

Their shirts, which are of roughly made flannel, are dyed a colour which was originally a deep purple, but which has faded, under the heat of the sun, to lilac.

They are a company of Iberian slingers, enlisted among the tribes conquered in Spain by the Carthaginians.

By them lie the heavy swords which they use in close quarters.
The third body of men are more heavily armed.

On the ground near the sleepers lie helmets and massive shields.