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Pax Romana Art
The Praetorian Auction
Castra Praetoria, Rome · AD 193
739 kr874 kr
Save 135 kr
Opening offer · Ends Nov 22
- Printed in the USA. Printed, stretched, and shipped in the USA.
- Free US shipping. Tracking included on every order.
- Canvas, framed or not. Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars, or set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm gap around it.
- Hanging hardware included. Framed canvas arrives assembled, with the hanger attached.
- Arrives perfect — guaranteed. Damaged or defective? Free reprint or refund.
Details & specs
Framed canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas
- 42 mm (1.65″) deep
- Arrives assembled and ready to hang: hanger attached, screws or nails included
Canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars
- Hanging hardware included
- Sizes: 18x12″ · 24x16″ · 36x24″
- Orientation: Horizontal
- Medium: Canvas
- Style: History painting
- Era: Crisis & Late Empire
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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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The Praetorian AuctionFramed canvas · Black · 18x12″
739 kr
874 krSave 135 kr
Castra Praetoria, Rome · AD 193
The Throne Goes to the Highest Bidder
On 28 March AD 193, soldiers of the Praetorian Guard killed the emperor Publius Helvius Pertinax, who had ruled for less than three months and had tried to impose discipline on them. With no emperor and no obvious heir, the guardsmen withdrew to their fortified camp on the edge of Rome, the Castra Praetoria.
Cassius Dio, a senator who lived through these events, tells what followed. Sulpicianus, already inside the camp, offered the soldiers money for the throne. Didius Julianus, a wealthy senator of about sixty, hurried to the walls and bid against him from outside. When Julianus promised 25,000 sesterces a man, the soldiers let him in and hailed him as emperor.
The purchase did him little good. The people of Rome jeered him in the streets, and three provincial armies proclaimed their own commanders. One of them, Lucius Septimius Severus, marched on Rome. The Senate condemned Julianus, and he was killed in the palace on 1 June 193, after a reign of sixty-six days.
The piece
The painting draws a long line of brick wall from the left edge to the tower and the shut gate. Above, helmeted guardsmen lean over the parapet and gesture; below, a lone figure in a purple-bordered toga lifts his hand to them. A small group waits behind him with the money chest. Far off on the right, the temples of the city catch the last of the light.
Materia · The materials
Canvas, framed or not.
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Wooden stretcher bars
The canvas is stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars.
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Floating frame
Black, natural wood or dark brown, with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas. 42 mm (1.65″) deep.
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Ready for the wall
Framed canvas arrives assembled, hanger attached, screws or nails included. Canvas comes with its hanging hardware.
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