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Pax Romana Art
The Imperial Army
Cappadocia · c. AD 135
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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: 12x18″ · 16x24″ · 24x36″
- Orientation: Vertical
- Medium: Fine art paper
- Style: Military plate
- Era: Principate
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The Imperial ArmyFramed print · Black · 16x24″
1.012 kr
1.352 krSave 340 kr
Cappadocia · c. AD 135
A Wall of Spears Against the Alans
Under the emperors, the Roman army was a standing, professional force. Citizen legionaries served alongside auxiliaries recruited mostly from the provinces, and Tacitus says that in AD 23 the auxiliaries were about as many as the legionaries. An auxiliary who completed his service, generally twenty-five years, received Roman citizenship, recorded on bronze certificates known today as military diplomas. Marcus Aurelius spent much of his reign with this army on the Danube.
Lucius Flavius Arrianus, better known as Arrian, was a Greek writer and a Roman governor. Governing Cappadocia under Hadrian, he faced the Alans, a nomad people of horsemen, and Cassius Dio says they withdrew partly out of fear of him. Arrian's short work on the order of battle against the Alans survives. He drew the legionaries up eight deep: the first four ranks with heavy spears to stop a charge, the next four with javelins to throw over them, and a ninth rank of foot archers, with mounted archers also shooting over the line.
The piece
The plate gives each of its four soldiers a different look, from the polished iron plates of the legionary to the blue shield of the auxiliary and the long scale coat of the archer. The horn-blower in the middle, his instrument circling his body, gives the row its rhythm. Below, the legion becomes a band of red stripes eight ranks deep, with the archers as fine rows of dots behind.
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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