Nuragic warrior carrying a shield with four daggers 1600-900 BCE

"...the length of Sardinia is two hundred and twenty, and the breadth ninety-eight. According to others, however, the perimeter of Cyrnus is called about three thousand two hundred stadia, and of Sardo as much as four thousand. The greater part of Sardo is rugged and not at peace, though much of it has also soil that is blessed with all products — especially with grain. As for cities, there are indeed several, but only Caralis and Sulchi are noteworthy. But the excellence of the places is offset by a serious defect, for in summer the island is unhealthful, particularly in the fruitful districts; and it is precisely these districts that are continually ravaged by those mountaineers who are now called Diagesbes; in earlier times, however, their name was Iolaës"

-Strabo's Geography 5.2.7

Nuragic warrior carrying a shield with four daggers 1600-900 BCE.  Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cagliari.

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http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/strabo/5b*.html