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Pax Romana Art
From Phalanx to Legion
Rome · c. 550–50 BC
1.012 kr1.352 kr
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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.
Details & specs
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: 18x12″ · 24x16″ · 36x24″
- Orientation: Horizontal
- Medium: Fine art paper
- Style: Military plate
- Era: Kingdom
Shipping & returns
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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From Phalanx to LegionFramed print · Black · 24x16″
1.012 kr
1.352 krSave 340 kr
Rome · c. 550–50 BC
Five Centuries in Three Formations
Roman tradition credited King Servius Tullius with dividing the citizens into classes by wealth, and Livy describes the richest of them armed like Greek hoplites, with helmet, round shield, greaves and breastplate. Most historians accept that early Rome fought in a phalanx of this kind, though the details of the Servian system are debated. Livy says that the round shield later gave way to the oblong scutum, and that a battle line once like the Macedonian phalanx became a line of maniples.
The manipular legion, described in detail by Polybius, fought in thirty maniples set in three lines with gaps between them. It could bend and open on broken ground, where a phalanx struggled to keep its shape. By about 100 BC the cohort, a block of three maniples, had become the main unit of battle. Historians once credited the change to Gaius Marius alone; most now see a gradual shift. Caesar describes his legions near Ilerda in 49 BC drawn up in three lines, four cohorts in front and three in each line behind.
The piece
The plate sets the three soldiers far apart on a pale ground, each alone like a specimen in a museum case. The eye goes from the gleaming bronze of the hoplite to the red shield of the manipular legionary and the gray mail of Caesar's man, then down to the diagrams, where a solid black block opens, step by step, into a line with room to move.
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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