So, at last i can use my carthaginian knowledge (i have always loved the matter, and i have visited Carthage and Gadir so far)!
Let me start with this: no one knows if the carthaginans fought with spears a la hoplite or with pikes forming phalanxes. It is known that during the first punic war a spartan general reorganised the carthaginian mainland army following hellenistic lines, so much historians thing that from then on they fought using phalanx formations, but the historical references are obscure and unclear (with guys calling their weapons pikes just to call them spears in the next sentence and things like that). But then, after Pyrro?s defeats it?s most possible that phalanx formations were totally abandoned, so... who knows?
For the lybian-carthaginian equipment, it is supposed that they used the same equipment as greeks, so for spearmen it would be an open helmet, a linen or leather cuirass, a large shield and maybe some bronce protection for the forelegs. But then, it is known that citizen-recruited spearmen wore no armour (they could not afford it or had no time to get one), and the lybian-carthaginians in Hannibal?s army had taken roman armour (chain mail, so far better that te greek-style cuirass) from the deceased romans at the major battles in Italy. In your era, they would most probably wear the same armour as the greeks, or not at all, but being mercenaries i will suppose that they would like almot like their greek counterparts (but their darker skin tone will definitely make a difference in 6mm!)
Hope to have bothered you all (i have been interested in this subject since i was 8!)
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