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Pax Romana Art
The Empire for Sale
The Praetorian Camp, Rome · AD 193
1.060 kr1.420 kr
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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: 12x16″ · 18x24″ · 24x32″
- Orientation: Vertical
- Medium: Canvas
- Style: History painting
- Era: Crisis & Late Empire
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The Empire for SaleFramed canvas · Black · 18x24″
1.060 kr
1.420 krSave 360 kr
The Praetorian Camp, Rome · AD 193
Bidding for the Throne
On 28 March AD 193 the Praetorian Guard, the emperor's own bodyguard, killed the emperor Pertinax in the palace after less than three months in power. He had tried to restore discipline and economy, and the guardsmen resented it. With no successor named, the soldiers shut themselves in their camp on the edge of the city.
Cassius Dio, who was a senator in Rome at the time, describes what followed as a shameful auction. Titus Flavius Sulpicianus, the father-in-law of Pertinax, was inside the camp making offers. Marcus Didius Julianus, a wealthy senator of about sixty, hurried to the walls and bid against him from outside. In the end Julianus promised each soldier twenty-five thousand sesterces, and the gates were opened to him. Herodian tells the same story. The people of Rome hated the new emperor from the start, and within weeks rival generals had been proclaimed by their armies. Septimius Severus marched on Rome, and in early June Julianus was killed in the palace. Severus then disbanded the guard that had sold the throne.
The piece
The painting looks up at the gate from the street. Julianus, in a white toga with broad purple stripes, reaches up with an open hand, his face lit by the torches. Above him, guardsmen with scorpion-blazoned shields lean over the battlements, laughing and holding up their fingers. Slaves stand ready with chests of coin, and a secretary keeps count on a tablet.
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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