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Pax Romana Art
The Eagle-Bearer of the Tenth
The Coast of Britain · 55 BC
1.057 kr1.416 kr
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- 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: 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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The Eagle-Bearer of the TenthFramed canvas · Black · 18x24″
1.057 kr
1.416 krSave 359 kr
The Coast of Britain · 55 BC
Unless You Would Lose the Eagle
In 55 BC, in the middle of his conquest of Gaul, Gaius Julius Caesar crossed the Channel with two legions, the Seventh and the Tenth, in about eighty transports. In his own account, the Gallic War, he says that when he reached Britain he found armed men lining the cliffs, so he sailed some miles along the coast to an open shore. The Britons followed by land, sending their cavalry and chariots ahead, and met the Romans at the water's edge.
The ships drew too much water to run aground. Weighed down by armor and unsure of the footing, the soldiers held back. Caesar writes that the eagle-bearer of the Tenth, after praying that his act might bring the legion good fortune, called out that they should jump unless they wished to betray the eagle to the enemy, adding that he at least would do his duty to the Republic and his general. He leapt into the sea, and the rest followed. The landing was won, though storms and fighting cut the expedition short. Caesar returned the next year with a larger force, but Britain would not become a Roman province until AD 43.
The piece
The painting puts us in the surf just behind the bearer. Chest-deep in gray-green water, he lifts the gilded eagle into a break in the storm clouds, his mail shirt dark with spray. On the left, legionaries crowd the rail of the ship, crested helmets and red shields ready. Ahead, beneath the white chalk cliffs, the Britons wait on the shingle with spears and chariots.
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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