Mathos (Μάθως/Máthōs; died c. 237 BC) was a Berber. He served with distinction as an officer and military leader in the army of Carthage during the First Punic War in Sicily (241-238/7 BC).
The Carthaginian army was largely mercenary, and at the conclusion of the First Punic War, when because of the terms of the settlement with Rome the Carthaginian government was unable to pay the agreed dues of its mercenaries, Mathos led their revolt against it. Hamilcar Barca suppressed the revolt with the help of the Berber leader Naravas, and crucified Mathos around 237 BC.
A man with a battle within his sould rides in a carriage
pulled by two horses, that both pull to opposite
directions. The other is incontrollable. They are the
Spirit and the Soul... Chorus: The driver struggling
forever in reins. Embodiment of sense. Right to a soul
hard to reach. Possible, if just a man can persuade the
Lion in Himself to help, to keep the Dragon in control.
The spiral`s continous twists and turns have a mystic
meaning attached to the Fate of Soul. Keep the Lion and
the Dragon...