The Etruscans -- Augurs Tomb, Tarquinia, 6th Century B.C.

Before Rome, there was Etruria. The early period tombs of the Etruscans depict Black men. Bordered roughly in what is now known as the Tuscany region of Italy, Etruria emerged circa 900 to 700 B.C. and lasted until the late 4th century B.C. Rome began as a colony of Etruria.

Persian Archers, Assyrian Glazed Brick... . Click

 

Persian archers, known as the 10,000 Immortals, originally featured in the palace at Susa. Only Persian nobles could serve as Immortals. While modern artists depict the Persians/Babylonians/Assyrians as Caucasoid, primary source depictions of them were of Black men.

Source Pergamon Museum, Berlin. Free use commons photo via Wikipedia. Encyclopedia Iranica

Black History Month Update

Hannibal Barca, Commander of Carthage

This coin of Hannibal Barca is said to be carbon dated to the time of Hannibal, 247 – 183 B.C., while later European-looking images of the Carthaginian general are reportedly dated a century or more after his death.

Hannibal Barca, the historic Carthaginian commander, became famous for crossing the Alps with war elephants and his subsequent dominance of the Roman army during the Second Punic War.  

Hannibal’s troops won battle after battle against the Romans and were never defeated in Italy. In fact, he was set to breach the city of Rome but administrators in Carthage failed to send reinforcements and siege equipment needed to complete the campaign. In 202 B.C., Hannibal returned to Africa to defend Carthage against invading Roman military forces, and there he was finally defeated by Scipio Africanus at the battle of Zama.
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