It was the name of a small circular shield class used by the pre-Roman peoples of the northern Iberian Peninsula (Luistanos, Iberians, Celtiberians and Cantabrians and Galaicos). Aspis, hoplon.
Small and round shield used by pre-Roman Hispanic warriors in guerrilla warfare and in horseback combat with some resemblance to the hoplon of the Greek hoplites. There are many archaeological testimonies in the northwestern peninsular between the Cantabrians, Galaicos and Lusitanian.