Carthaginian cavalry

[Patrick Waterson]

I suspect (cover your ears Patrick) that neither Diodorus nor Plutarch were careful enough with their terminology for us ever to be really clear what they might have meant (still less what the truth was).

Sorry, did not hear that.

I think Richard is right, though: we shall never be really clear on what they might have meant.  This reduces us to 'guesstimating', and I think my guess would accord with Jim's: Numidians are the simplest, and to my mind most credible, option.

If army listing, one could always in theory give the Carthginian player the option of two-horse chariots or Numidians with  paired horse teams and see which he takes ...