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in Valencian Spanish foneren honderoLos Balearic Slingers formed a body of the ancient age army, composed of indigenous people of the Balearic Islands, present both in the Carthaginian troops as Roman. They were already present in the wars against the Greeks in Sicily, since the end of the century V and IV aC, as well as the Second Punic War. They later served as auxiliary troops of light infantry in multiple engagements, which include his presence at the legions of Julio Cesar in the Gallic wars. Provision of mercenary soldiers became camshaft voluntary, although in the final phase of the Punic Wars by the Carthaginians, impelled to recruit new troops, they had clashes with the Balearic Islands populations and it seems that, at least in Menorca, they proceeded to forced camshaft