Celtic Window Shutter Triskelion - Vintage edition Canvas Print

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Carved triskelion on a Celtic window shutter. Vintage edition.


Detail of a triskelion carved on the window shutter of a celtiberian house, reconstructed on top of an actual one on the archaeological site of the hill-fort of Numancia.

The Numantians resisted the Roman invasion over 20 years and inflicted several relevant defeats on the Roman armies, to the point that the day of the year one of these defeats took place was marked on the Roman calendar as a Dies Nefastus, a day in which new campaigns were forbidden to begin.

The first serious conflict with Rome occurred in 153 BC. Numantia took in some fugitives from another Celtiberian tribe. The Romans then besieged Numantia, and deployed a small number of war elephants, but were unsuccessful.

Before their defeat in 133 BC, the Numantians gained a number of victories. In 137 BC, 20,000 Romans surrendered to the Celtiberians of Numantia (population between 4,000-8,000). The young Roman officer Ti...

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