Augustan triumphal iconography and the Cantabrian Wars: some remarks on round shields and spearheads depicted on monuments from the Iberian Peninsula and Italy

Depicted arms and armour became particularly widespread in the Augustan period, when the Prince’s veterans tended to emphasise their role in the consolidation of the empire with the adoption of these war themes in their tombs. The comparison between some funerary reliefs from Italy, the so-called Lusitanian Warriors, and some monetary emissions from the Iberian Peninsula, together with a recent finding in the Forum of Augustus, allows for the hypothesis that the celebration of Augustan victories in this region could have significantly contributed to the repertoire of depicted weapons that celebrated the new Empire.