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Pax Romana Art
Acies, Five Centuries of the Battle Line
Rome · 6th to 1st century BC
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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: 18x12″ · 24x16″ · 36x24″
- Orientation: Horizontal
- Medium: Fine art paper
- Style: Military plate
- Era: Timeless
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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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Acies, Five Centuries of the Battle LineFramed print · Black · 24x16″
1.012 kr
1.352 krSave 340 kr
Rome · 6th to 1st century BC
How Rome Learned to Fight
Acies is Latin for a battle line. In its earliest days Rome seems to have fought as a phalanx, the close-packed formation of armored spearmen used across the Greek and Etruscan world. Livy, in Book VIII of his history, says the Romans once fought in a phalanx like the Macedonians before changing to maniples. Modern historians accept the outline but still debate the details and the dates.
By the fourth century BC the legion had broken into maniples, small units set out in three lines, the hastati, principes and triarii, with gaps that let the lines pass through each other. Polybius, who saw this army at work in the second century BC, judged it able to fight on any ground, where a phalanx needed level fields. Around 100 BC, a change often credited to Gaius Marius but probably more gradual, the cohort became the standard unit. Ten cohorts, usually reckoned at about 480 men each, made a legion, and generals such as Julius Caesar usually drew them up in three lines, four cohorts in front, then three and three.
The piece
The plate lays the three stages out in a row on warm paper, each above a short caption. The phalanx is a dense block of dots with spears raised. The manipular legion is thirty small squares in three tones, and the cohort legion is ten heavier blocks in the same colors. Two arrows carry the eye across five centuries.
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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