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Pax Romana Art
Pons, Caesar's Bridge over the Rhine
The Rhine · 55 BC
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- Printed in the USA. Made to order and shipped in the USA.
- Free US shipping. Tracking included on every order.
- Shatterproof plexiglass. Framed prints sit in a pine frame, FSC-certified, and arrive ready to hang.
- Magnetic wooden hanger. Posters come with a pine hanger; the magnets hold the print.
- Arrives perfect — guaranteed. Damaged or defective? Free reprint or refund.
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Framed print
- 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
- Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
- Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
- Shatterproof plexiglass
- Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included
Hanging print
- 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
- Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
- Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
- Shatterproof plexiglass
- Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included
- Sizes: 18x12″ · 24x16″ · 36x24″
- Orientation: Horizontal
- Medium: Fine art paper
- Style: Military plate
- Era: Late Republic
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Made to order and printed and framed in the USA. Produced in 1–2 business days, delivered 2–5 business days after that — 3–7 business days door to door. Free US shipping, tracked.
Damaged, defective or the wrong item? Email a photo within 7 days of delivery and we send a free replacement or a full refund. Because every piece is made to order, change-of-mind returns are not accepted.
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Pons, Caesar's Bridge over the RhineFramed print · Black · 24x16″
1.012 kr
1.352 krSave 340 kr
The Rhine · 55 BC
Ten Days to Bridge the Rhine
In 55 BC Gaius Julius Caesar decided to cross the Rhine. Germanic tribes from beyond the river had been crossing into Gaul, and Caesar wanted to show that the Roman army could reach them in their own country. Crossing in boats, he wrote, would be beneath his own dignity and that of the Roman people. So he built a bridge, probably somewhere near Koblenz, though the exact site is unknown.
Caesar describes the design in Book IV of The Gallic War, and this plate follows him closely. Pairs of timbers a foot and a half thick were driven into the riverbed by machines, leaning with the current. Opposite them, 40 feet away at the bottom, a second pair leaned against it. Each set was capped with a beam two feet thick and held with clamps, so that the harder the river pushed, the tighter the frame locked. Timbers laid lengthwise across the trestles were covered with poles and wattle. Extra piles braced the downstream side, and more stood upstream to stop tree trunks or boats sent down to wreck the bridge. The work was finished ten days after the timber began to be gathered.
The piece
The plate is drawn in white on deep blue, like an engineer's blueprint. The eye goes first to the great trestle at left, its legs angled against each other, then to the arrow of the current and the row of fender piles. At right, the plan repeats the structure from above. Latin terms label each part, with English beneath.
Materia · The materials
Fine art paper, framed or hung.
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Fine art paper
Framed prints: 200 gsm smooth matte paper, printed in 12 colors with fade-resistant pigment inks.
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Shatterproof plexiglass
Protects the print in transit and on the wall.
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Magnetic wooden hanger
Posters: 250 gsm museum-quality matte paper between pine hangers in black or dark wood. The magnets hold the print, so you can swap it any time.
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