Warrior of Capestrano

Warrior of Capestrano
MaterialLimestone
Heightc. 2.1 m
Createdc. 550 BC
DiscoveredSeptember 1934
Capestrano, Abruzzo, Italy
Present locationChieti, Abruzzo, Italy

The Warrior of Capestrano is a tall limestone statue of a Picene warrior, dated to around the 6th century BC. The statue was found in the territory of the Vestini, but depicts a man with a Picene helmet.[1][2]

It was discovered accidentally in 1934 by a labourer ploughing the field in the Italian town of Capestrano, along with a female statue in civilian attire, called the Lady of Capestrano.[3]

  1. ^ Cowan, Ross (2009-07-16). Roman Conquests: Italy. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84468-276-8.
  2. ^ Connolly, Peter (2012-06-19). Greece and Rome at War. Grub Street Publishers. ISBN 978-1-78346-971-0.
  3. ^ Joe Basile (1993). "The Capestrano Warrior and Related Monuments of the Seventh to Fifth Centuries B.C." Revue des archéologues et historiens d’art de Louvain. Academia.edu. Retrieved 30 August 2014.