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Pax Romana Art
The Line in the Sand
Eleusis, near Alexandria · 168 BC
1.059 kr1.419 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: Punic Wars
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The Line in the SandFramed canvas · Black · 18x24″
1.059 kr
1.419 krSave 360 kr
Eleusis, near Alexandria · 168 BC
Answer Before You Step Out
In 168 BC King Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Seleucid kingdom invaded Egypt for the second time and marched on Alexandria. Rome was at war with Macedon and could send no army. It sent instead an embassy led by Gaius Popillius Laenas, a former consul, carrying a decree of the Senate ordering the king to leave Egypt.
Polybius describes what happened at Eleusis, a suburb of Alexandria. The king greeted Popillius from a distance and held out his hand. Popillius instead handed him the tablets with the decree and told him to read them first. When Antiochus had read them and said he would consult his friends, Popillius drew a circle around him in the sand with the vine stick in his hand and told him to answer before he stepped out of it. Livy tells it the same way. The king hesitated, astonished by the man's arrogance, and then said he would do what the Senate asked. Only then did Popillius take his hand. Polybius thought that the news of Rome's victory over Macedon at Pydna, which had just arrived, decided the matter. Within days the Seleucid army had left Egypt.
The piece
The painting shows the instant of the circle. Popillius, gray-haired, in a plain white toga, stoops to trace the line with his stick. Antiochus stands at its center in a purple cloak with a gold border, the white ribbon diadem of a Hellenistic king on his head, the open tablets in one hand and the other spread in disbelief. Behind him wait his guards and, far off, his army in the sun, and beyond the palms lies the harbor of Alexandria.
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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